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I feel like I am not making progress in therapy....

My T finally told me my diagnosis of PTSD....and I am tired of living like this - the flashbacks, the recurring thoughts, the anxiety, the fear, the depression. I'm isolating myself more and more and feel totally disconnected from my life.

I sent my T a frustrated e-mail tonight asking him when I am going to make progress and what the next steps are....

How do people deal with PTSD in therapy? I feel like I'm going nowhere, except downhill....fast.

[Pikku Myy]

Hi there... You need to find a another T who understands how and who you are!!!! My DR is fantastic... I can call her when ever... and she always calls me back... to make sure I am OK. You need a person who understands how the treat the "whole" person... instead of one that just specilized in common symptoms. Hugs & best fo luck!!!

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Originally Posted by karoliinareddish

Hi there... You need to find a another T who understands how and who you are!!!! My DR is fantastic... I can call her when ever... and she always calls me back... to make sure I am OK. You need a person who understands how the treat the "whole" person... instead of one that just specilized in common symptoms. Hugs & best fo luck!!!

Thanks. I really like my T, though, and feel like I've invested so much in him. He's not easily reachable, I admit. But he's made it clear that because I have so many traumatic situations that have happened, we have to take it slowly or I will become overwhelmed....I've also read that current crisis has to be handled before delving into past issues. And dammit, I always have some kind of current crisis going on...which ticks me off because I want to get to the past issues so I can STOP having these THOUGHTS and FLASHBACKS!

I am SO FRUSTRATED right now....

[Pikku Myy]

Well... if you like your T Then give the T a chance to help you!!! I felt very, very, very frustirated about a month ago kind of like you... nothing was working right... and had severe panick/ anxioty for about two weeks straight Even just typing and talking about your stuff helps

[Michah]

A very simplistic answer babe......the reson you may feel like you are not going anywhere or going down hill, is because you kind of get worse before you get better......much the same for any physical ailment.......time is irrelevant...... we WANT it to go away quickly becuase it is SO painful, but that is impossible......therapy, healing, absolution takes time and we are all different.......

If you like your T, give them a chance.......if not, then you may need to seek someone else......

Trust the process, be kind to yourself and it will happen........

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Thanks, everyone....

I know my T knows what he's doing....and I can tell that each time I try to delve into the flashbacks, he's pulling me back to dealing with the issue that we've been addressing.

He's starting with my parents. And I'm struggling with that....my flashbacks don't even involve my parents - it's the other things...but he keeps pulling me back to my parents. Perhaps I'm avoiding the parent situation....or perhaps he wants me to finish the parent stuff first before delving into the other stuff.

A bit at a time.....but it's just so frustrating, and I'm exhausted from it all.

[Pikku Myy]

What ever it is... just let it come out with the T... no reason to hide from anything Hugs and good luck!!!

[phoenix7]

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my T does that with me - I think they can see from the outside that we are avoiding issues that need to be dealt with and they steer us back to them - flashbacks and nightmares are bad and I hope you settle down soon - take care my friend