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Inpatient therapy for csa

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ShariWP

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Has anyone considered/participated in in-patient therapy for childhood sexual abuse treatment? I am sick of this taking forever and am considering an intensive program just to get it all out and deal with it without having to deal with my day to day and try to keep my shit together just to get ambushed by my own brain/body/ feelings and fall apart at the worst possible time/place. I feel terrible for my Husband and don't want to keep freaking out/falling apart or trying to pick these terrible fights just so I can justify being sooooooo angry/rages. Is it helpful? Does being away help focus on healing? Does it all fall apart when ur done and u have to start over in ur life again? Is it better for the spouse /family? Any help would be appreciated.
 
I’ve done inpatient a number of times, and most recently did PHP. If it’s an option for you, GO FOR IT!

Outpatient, let’s say you get an hour or two a week to work on healing. But really, it’s maybe half that as real life issues are constantly popping up. In a program you have many hours a week to focus on the issues. I did PHP so that was 6 hours a day, five days a week of therapy. If you go inpatient, you may get even more. So yes, it can definitely fast track your healing. And if you need med changes? Even better! A doc can change your meds the next day if needed. In PHP I was able to get on the right meds much more quickly than if I had tried to make the same med adjustments through my outpatient provider.

I kind of cringe when people look down on the more intensive kind of treatments as I know that they are the reason my healing is moving along faster.

I’m not going to lie. MANY people struggle after leaving a program. It’s just how things go. I mean you go from a ton of support to not so much support in the blink of an eye. However, you can make the transition. After PHP I was still going through med adjustments. I was sleeping constantly, the same as when I went in. But finally, everything was figured out and I’m doing much better now. You don’t lose anything that you learned, it’s just a matter of making the transition and adjusting.
 
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