[DelusionsDaily]

1)How do you handle your triggers?
2)How do you come back from the dissociative states the triggers can cause? 3)What's the best therapy for trauma/abuse?
4) Opinions plz: do you feel you need to remember everthing that happened or are there ways to cope without the details?

[geez]

I'm asking myself all of those questions. I am working on finding a new T and I'm interested in doing talk therapy and EMDR amongst other types of therapy.

I want to understand and process emotionally everything that I experienced as a young child because when I was a child I didn't have the option to express emotions. I want to understand how what I experienced effects my self esteem. I can't move on in my life until I fix my esteem and challenge my thoughts. For me that is truly moving on.

PS - i've found a few books about trauma on amazon you might want to check out? I'm leaving no stone unturned.

Many safe hugs.

[Sannah]

Grounding yourself in today is a good way to handle dissociation and getting triggered. Do you know how to ground yourself? When you are triggered telling yourself that what you are feeling is from the past and that you are safe today helps. Talking in therapy about what got triggered up is a good way to get rid of triggers because talking about it in therapy and releasing the emotions that have been stored decreases its ability to be triggered up.

Talking about your traumas and releasing the feelings is a good way to heal from traumas.