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Old Aug 30, 2011, 12:57 AM
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I m doing the steps to clean trauma , i feel okay now in conscious, i can discern what it is when it is attacking ......
but i know in subconscious, it is still there, and refuse to leave.....
so, my efforts always fall back to that level, repeat and repeat,
i want to know how to influence the subconscious and change that....

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Old Sep 01, 2011, 02:51 PM
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The act of "intention" can help you with that. By consciously thinking ---intending-- you can change the current paths of your unconscious.

So, for instance, you consciously intend to not allow the past experiences to bother you. One of the ways I find this works is by using that intention (verbalizing it) and then reminding yourself that this is now and that was then. It isn't happening now. It's in the past.

Good wishes! Remember to give yourself time. Repetition is how your bad habits were formed, and it's how you can correct them.
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Old Sep 01, 2011, 03:48 PM
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i have found meditation to be a great help with deep trauma, if one can just sit and let whatever happened be ok, for even a few minutes at a time,, eventually it overwrites the emotional triggers,, i guess that's what happens... best wishes , Gus
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Old Sep 03, 2011, 08:27 AM
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I pay attention to dreams, also unconscious, and work with them.
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Old Sep 06, 2011, 03:09 PM
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Another tool you can use to what's already been mentioned is, to shift your mind set, from thinking you're a victim to a survivor. I'll use myself as an example although my own experience is probably less traumatic than yours or abuse victims. Before I had my girls 2 men broke into my house while I was home. We came face to face with each other. Luckily for me I somehow appeared confident and they opted to leave. Afterwards I was extremely shaken up and looking back I suffered from some PTSD for a good 6 months after. At the moment I realized these men broke in, I made the choice not to appear weak and that's what saved me.

After I kept thinking of myself as a 'victim' of crime and attended some victim of crime support groups. Every time someone was at the door or I heard a noise I would panic. As I shared my story in the groups, people seemed impressed I managed to deter 2 men, while I was in my underwear lol. All those months, I kept thinking of what ifs - what if they hurt me or worse. Then I had a light bulb moment - I was actually successful and brave for standing up to them. That's when I decided I wasn't a victim but a fighter and survivor. So the moral of the story is - you can shift your mind to survivor too - you survived this trauma and you don't want to be branded by this all your life. Best of luck in healing.
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Old Sep 07, 2011, 06:53 PM
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talk, talk, talk, to your T.

I would journal and I have journaled and that has shifted my brain into being
co-conscious and aware. Yet the more you get out the better you will be able to clean the trauma out of the sub-con and into the co-con.

Oh, I use scupture and drawings as well. I also show these to my T and if he doesn't get it I get upset but then I have to ask myself, did it help me. Often the answer is YES.

I also think as I have found out that I have used journal 1 all the way to Journal 37 of the composition books.

I surely hope this helps... Peace, Crew
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I also find it helpfull to meditate, as much as practical, usually after yoga,daily if possible, and journal daily. I was traumatized at 12 yrs.old, finding my mother dead from intentional suicide, and have learned over the years about it. They say talk about it constantly to safe and supportive people. The emotions are the road to liberation, yet the event is infinitely etched to change us, making us more compassionate beings. Every new loss triggers the old like a bead on a thread.
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I have a couple of friends who are doing EMDR therapy--you may want to look it up. I'm currently waiting for my insurance to kick in so I can find an EMDR therapist to work through my PTSD. I totally get what you mean when you say "but i know in subconscious, it is still there, and refuses to leave....." Thank you for writing that. No matter how well everything is going, how healthy or not healthy I am, not matter how thin or fat I am, or how well my life may be going, I still feel terrible deep down inside. I need to get rid of that doubt and move on with my life so I can be the best I can be. I appreciate your post!
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