anthony
Founder
You are correct Carp, though Nam actually hasn't gotten her trauma out, ever, as yet, as she has suppressed the majority of it with only little snippets of information. What you are saying above, is what Nam has to do in the first place. I have done the same as you have, in that I have gotten it ALL out, nothing left in me to tell, so retelling it over and over does become tedious and frustrating, absolutely. Nam has never actually gotten out what you or I have, and it is all still bottled inside her, hence the cause of the continous nightmares, sleep deprevation, etc etc.
Her old logs as such, only contain snippets of her trauma, and not actually her entire trauma, so she is still carrying all this inside her, which you and I have rid ourselves to begin with, to leave only the smaller issues to now deal with. Her previously counsellor had told her that somethings are often left buried, though everything professionally written about PTSD states the opposite, within the best interest of the patient. This is exactly why such treatments at TIR and EMDR are continually tested and developed, so that trauma patients can get every bit of trauma out of them to begin with.
The only problem with some of those treatments is that it depends on the person intensity of trauma, to whether or not they can be used effectively without making a person an unmanagable wreck, and laid up within an institution for many months or year/s.
So, what you said is correct, but Nam hasn't made it to the point you have yet, hence she still must actually remember and rid herself off all her trauma, so she is no longer suppressing all her memories, and actually knows what did happen to her, and not just snippets of information that are continuously scareing her each time she sleeps.
Do you have advice that could help Nam from your experience though Carp? You said you have gotten all your trauma out, as I have done, though obviously everyone rids themselves differently. I would be interested to here your experience in how you rid your trauma from yourself, ie. trauma therapy with a good counsellor, yourself, physician, etc etc!!! I am always interested in those aspects of peoples recovery, especially those as yourself Carp that have recovered to a certain point, and no longer within the thick of PTSD itself.
Her old logs as such, only contain snippets of her trauma, and not actually her entire trauma, so she is still carrying all this inside her, which you and I have rid ourselves to begin with, to leave only the smaller issues to now deal with. Her previously counsellor had told her that somethings are often left buried, though everything professionally written about PTSD states the opposite, within the best interest of the patient. This is exactly why such treatments at TIR and EMDR are continually tested and developed, so that trauma patients can get every bit of trauma out of them to begin with.
The only problem with some of those treatments is that it depends on the person intensity of trauma, to whether or not they can be used effectively without making a person an unmanagable wreck, and laid up within an institution for many months or year/s.
So, what you said is correct, but Nam hasn't made it to the point you have yet, hence she still must actually remember and rid herself off all her trauma, so she is no longer suppressing all her memories, and actually knows what did happen to her, and not just snippets of information that are continuously scareing her each time she sleeps.
Do you have advice that could help Nam from your experience though Carp? You said you have gotten all your trauma out, as I have done, though obviously everyone rids themselves differently. I would be interested to here your experience in how you rid your trauma from yourself, ie. trauma therapy with a good counsellor, yourself, physician, etc etc!!! I am always interested in those aspects of peoples recovery, especially those as yourself Carp that have recovered to a certain point, and no longer within the thick of PTSD itself.