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I think the best thing to do in these situations is to have an honest and frank discussion with her about your therapeutic relationship. This can be extremely difficult (it always is for me), especially because the feelings of abandonment can come with a lot of shame. But I have found that it is the only way to calm down those feelings, and my therapists have always responded to me with compassion and said things that really helped. I always walked away from those sessions feeling better.
Those feelings of abandonment and shame come from your trauma, and mean that you are stuck in the “trauma vortex”—a term my T used once, which is apparently a real thing even though it sounds silly. It can help if you remember that the feelings are from the past, and would probably be alleviated by doing some grounding and containment work.
Those feelings of abandonment and shame come from your trauma, and mean that you are stuck in the “trauma vortex”—a term my T used once, which is apparently a real thing even though it sounds silly. It can help if you remember that the feelings are from the past, and would probably be alleviated by doing some grounding and containment work.
