I really don't want to start this thread, but I'm making myself do it as a very first baby step in trying to desensitise from this particular trigger. It's very hard to write this and I am getting dizzy.
I find it much much easier to face up to physical and sexual abuse memories - I know how to work through them to gradually desensitise to them. The emotional control triggers (eg starvation fears, which I started a thread about a while back, and this one about connecting to people) are much harder for me to work through. They're not attached to any particular trauma memories - it was just all-pervasive growing up.
Just wondering if anyone else has connecting with people as a trigger? I've recently learnt how to (occasionally) connect with my OH. I don't really connect with anyone else, although I have friends etc. I never learnt how to do it growing up - I didn't even connect to any of my toys as a child. If I try to now, I get terrified and badly triggered.
I find it much much easier to face up to physical and sexual abuse memories - I know how to work through them to gradually desensitise to them. The emotional control triggers (eg starvation fears, which I started a thread about a while back, and this one about connecting to people) are much harder for me to work through. They're not attached to any particular trauma memories - it was just all-pervasive growing up.
Just wondering if anyone else has connecting with people as a trigger? I've recently learnt how to (occasionally) connect with my OH. I don't really connect with anyone else, although I have friends etc. I never learnt how to do it growing up - I didn't even connect to any of my toys as a child. If I try to now, I get terrified and badly triggered.