Hypnosis for parts work

[Sideways]

If you have parts that don’t trust your T enough to speak to her yet, is it going to help them by forcing them out? Usually the approach is that you build a stronger relationship founded on trust first...

 

[ILoveLife]

Thanks @Sideways. It's what I think too.
Will discuss it with her on our next appointment.

Thanks everyone, you're all great, super helpful.

 

[Abstract]

That's sort of what goes through my mind with this stuff, as a general concept. Whether its specifically parts or lesser stuff that is about trauma and the conscious and subconscious. Its essentially still aspects of us in a sense. Hope you don't mind me saying that as I realise the complexity changes hugely. I used to want to push through and force things and now I rather try to respect what is happening internally and work with it consciously if that makes sense. Get myself on board. A very difficult feat but when I haven't done that the fallout is usually bigger for me. Try to reassure myself that these things are in place for a reason.

good luck.

 

[ILoveLife]

Try to reassure myself that these things are in place for a reason.

This is important for me to remember :confused:

 

[grit]

Hi Sietz,

First I think it is great you are exploring this rather than rejecting or resisting off hand.

I did one session of hypnosis long time after I had a crazy experience in the middle east (after vacationing there) and it was actually relaxing and good and weirdly knowing I have PTSD...what came up was quite surprise to me.

I will share a bit of my experience and then comment on your trepidation.

What came up for me (after all I went through in my life) was a moment in time (around 14yrs old) when my mother left my dad temporarily and how scared I was. Even though my mom is the biggest abuse in my life, when she finally left us with our dad, apparently I had sort of breakdown that convinced me family unit is a fake thing not a real thing because it could breakdown just like that! I got stuck on that feeling during 2.5 hours of hypnosis. None came about my abuse or other things. Weird when I think of it now. Knowing what I know in therapy now!!!! but they go by your mood and what needs to crack at that time. At the time, the only thing I shared with her prior to the act of hypnosis was that I feel lonely and would like to find love but just do not attach properly. I mentioned very high level of my past (I was not open about my trauma much then).

Now for you, you have been therapy for while so it is possible that you are closer to the core of your defense system - the holy grail of your PTSD (only you can feel and know how far you have come or not)...so it is possible you are afraid because you are not ready to let go what you know about your state of mind.

While you are thinking about it, i hope you also try to imagine as it being fun and you learning something so new and so important and of course it can also go wrong that you may recall something you do not want to.

I wish I could alleviate your worries but it is hectic. I have had weird sensations many days afterwards.

 

[ILoveLife]

Thanks for sharing @grit, this is immensely helpful.

it is possible you are afraid because you are not ready to let go what you know about your state of mind

This makes a lot of sense, really. I'm aware of my resistance, but my I don't know who I am without my trauma defining me.
I hope I can arrive to a place where that isn't so.

Thank you, so much.