Does it help? What's your experience?

I've never really done trauma work. Most the work I've done has been current/present issues, relationship work, CBT, DBT, a little about my mom, and a ton about ex-T.

I'm scared, but also think I'm ready to go deeper with L. It seems to keep coming up. And after a couple of conversations, I'm realizing I made up a pretty little story in my head about my childhood. I went through a lot of neglect, and yet have have trouble identifying with trauma. Like I can't own the word. Similar to how it was hard to own the word "abuse" with H.

So I'm interested in knowing others experience. What is it like. I'm not expecting any details, but details are welcomed!