Hi all,
Is it hard for any of you with PTSD to access empathy for your carer when you're being triggered?
My therapist tells me the trauma likely caused me to have little empathy for myself (triggers of low self worth) and so that's why it's not easy to always be able to empathize with one's carer. When I'm triggered, I feel so disconnected from who I truly am that I feel like it's really someone else in there - my angry inner child, etc. but not the "me" I am in the present moment. My therapist says that in order for me to heal that broken bridge and feel empathy for him during my own difficult times, we first need to work on developing a stronger sense of empathy/unconditional love in me.
Have any of you had similar challenges with empathy?
Thanks,
LizBeth
Is it hard for any of you with PTSD to access empathy for your carer when you're being triggered?
My therapist tells me the trauma likely caused me to have little empathy for myself (triggers of low self worth) and so that's why it's not easy to always be able to empathize with one's carer. When I'm triggered, I feel so disconnected from who I truly am that I feel like it's really someone else in there - my angry inner child, etc. but not the "me" I am in the present moment. My therapist says that in order for me to heal that broken bridge and feel empathy for him during my own difficult times, we first need to work on developing a stronger sense of empathy/unconditional love in me.
Have any of you had similar challenges with empathy?
Thanks,
LizBeth