[rep97]

So I found this on the internet when searching for something else. It talks about some stuff that I found intriguing and I called up a practioner of it listed on the website.

Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)

So does anyone know what is this or how does this work? I have an appointment in the coming monday and I need to know whether it is something that might interest me or not.

[MtnTime2896]

I heard a bit about it. During a TED talk, I think. It's suppose to be breakthrough therapy for PTSD, with a high percentage of patients finding it unbelievably helpful. It definitely is something that has to take place in a very safe environment, though. It's the most intensive therapy I've ever heard of for the disorder. Not many places or mental health professionals provide it, though. At least, not in the U.S..
I can't recommend it or disprove it because I haven't personally went through this kind of treatment. Your doc might at least know of a place that would provide this therapy but probably only if he doesn't believe regular treatment/therapy will cut it for you. It was recommended to me but I couldn't afford the stay at the treatment center to go through with it. Best of luck.

[Bolivar83]

Thanks for the information on this. I hope you will post again, if you would want to share your impressions, if you decide to go for it, etc.

Something about this treatment tickled the back of my mind.... seems to hearken back to ideas such as "flooding" (article: https://www.psychologistworld.com/behavior/flooding.php) or what I call "the urge to purge": where problematic beliefs, feelings, and trauma are exorcised in a few marathon therapy sessions (this is something I have attempted with specific incidents, but didn't have the emotional courage to continue at that intensity).

Pulled my copy of "Trauma and Recovery" (Judith Herman, M.D., 1997 version). In the chapter on Safety, under "Completing the First Stage," she specifically writes about the (paraphrase) insistence in patients to "...[plunge] into graphic, detailed description of their traumatic experiences, in the belief that simply pouring out the story will solve...their problems" and the desire for "...cathartic cure which will get rid of the trauma once and for all." TIR sounds like it is a more "guided" version of this; what I mean is, the patient isn't just unloading things without the therapists help to contain/direct....

Of course, practices change over the years, as research finds more effective or new treatments; it is great to have greater options for treatment for PTSD, especially if what someone has used isn't adequate or isn't working for them. I would have to do a little more reading up on TIR to understand what it is, how it works, etc. but I am definitely looking into it.

Thanks, again, for sharing