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Elder
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Just wondering if anyone has completed the trauma healing work yet?
I am in the midst of it and ready for it to be over. I am still working, but my job performance is taking a big hit thanks to nights of flashbacks and emergancy sessions with T and my angry alter trying to escape all the time! I just am exhausted and want it to end now. We are processing a lot and I think the large items are over. But was wanting feedback on others experiences with this stage. Also any suggestions are welcome! |
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Legendary
Member Since Jan 2007
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I have done a lot of trauma work and a lot of healing. I have been resting for a while, getting ready to share some more difficult stuff with my T. But I feel much more functional than before, and much happier, and a lot of relief. We did EMDR, talk therapy, and also ego state therapy. I had a rather brash, headstrong male ego state who would put in appearances at awkward times and cause trouble. We did family therapy with him. He is part of me, after all, and it's better to learn to get along than to always be at odds. I found I needed time to process in between sessions, even though the trauma work was hard. It was helpful to have a week between sessions so I could process. The EMDR helped jar things loose, and then my brain would run with it for a week. I could completely reverse how I felt about something within 7 days. I would go through a whole progression of thoughts and emotions. So if a day or two after a session, I felt I needed to see T again (right now!!!) because of all this stuff I was experiencing, if I waited another few days, my head would be in a very different place and I would need something completely different from T. It felt like it was moving fast, and I needed to have patience with my brain's processing time, and not try to interrupt. Quote:
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