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Originally Posted by Quietmind 2
Hugs to any who want one. 
Any of you feel like things you already resolved actually aren't really resolved?
I stopped getting flashbacks after some inside communication with the alter responsible (they didn't know how to ask for help in different ways) but yeah, stuff I thought was long ago resolved/processed is bubbling up.
T thinks this alter holds stuff I couldn't tolerate in my adolescence... and so while I have resolved xyz, this alter hasn't. Obviously alters or not, I think healing might be cyclical, and we circle back to stuff to process in layers?
I'm just really uncomfortable because the stuff that's coming up was really painful to work through the first time and now it's like a second round of pain that I have to endure. Ouch tbh. |
There is something you know though, you've done it once before and that shows how resilient you are already. You can and you will get through this too. I don't know much about DID, but maybe also working on this alter feeling safe and grounded first would help before unpicking more trauma. If you think you need to go though it at a slower pace, tell your T that. I think it's also helpful to have much lighter sessions as well, even if you don't talk it's all good. There was another poster whose T would read books because that's what they needed.