Recent content by LeiaFlower

From what I’ve read and talked with my neuropsych, psych professors, and some therapists, hypnosis is not how it was glamorized in the 80s as you also mentioned. Have you talked with therapists in your area? Usually the ones who specialize in can give a better glimpse into symptoms and reactions...

EMDR is usually geared towards clients with PTSD. It’s odd that the DES wasn’t done prior towards the start of the actual EMDR. Did you mention PTSD and dissociation during intake or brought it prior, and she forgot? As for the high dissociation, I was told the same thing when I wanted to start...

My therapist wants me to try TMS. She strongly recommended an IOP, despite telling her I’d done it three times and that, while helpful in some ways, it’s not what I need right now. I agreed to try TMS to avoid being pushed into another IOP, which previous therapists have done due to my chronic...

I didn’t notice I never replied. I like to think normalizing and rationalizing was the best coping mechanisms our child selfs could conjure against our abusive reality. Recently my sister informed me about her perspective on a blotchy memory I had about our abuse, and our coping mechanism was...

It feels wrong to call her an abuser, though due to her denial and lack of ‘insight,’ she has caused significant damage. But she doesn’t acknowledge the abuse or brushes it off as her being a young immature parent. yeah, it’s conflicting. I want to scream at my parents and to be angry, but with...

I've been struggling with a significant increase in emotional dysregulation and depression, primarily due to the conflicting relationship I have with my mother. My father was more emotionally abusive. He had a strict parenting style and adhered to the controlling beliefs from a fundamentalist...

Not necessarily alone just less. Instead of meeting two therapists once a week. I want to meet one therapist twice a month. In between when I don’t have a session I would also add a support group. However, it is currently unclear on whether therapy is working for me because there is no...

Thank you for sharing. I do agree that some things I cannot do by myself. What’s interesting is when I went to my current trauma therapist, we retook a dissociation and PTSD test and both stated that they were on the lower end. I did do an outpatient PTSD group that was more helpful than what I...

I have not been in therapy that long. However, I have been passed around by various professionals in the field with the initial statement that they’ll help me learn ways to tackle my symptoms using their specialty/area of therapy to create a treatment plan that targets my goals. However, when...

You might’ve heard of the YouTube channel before but Therapy in a Nutshell has a lot videos about helping trauma, most being some form of self therapy. I really liked her Processing Emotions playlist. YouTube is usually my go to for self therapy. It has just about everything. It even has some...

Yeah, I recently started seeing a trauma therapist that specializes in sex therapy, sexuality, and sexual identity. It’s going pretty well. I did not realize how entangled my negative feelings towards the field of sex was with my sexual trauma. I don’t know why I thought things were a quick fix...

It’s unfortunate how history of behavior is repeats itself when it comes to the treatment of the minority versus the majority. I too was abused my the same sex, a female predator and a female victim. The resources and research surrounding females offenders and help for their female victims are...

My siblings and I all grew up in our parents religion. However, not all of us see the religion as being abusive. One of my siblings stated the religion as being a cult and found a different religion in Christianity. When reading what makes a religious abusive, I found myself checking a lot of...

When reading everyone’s post I found myself agreeing with everyone. I do see how someone who previously had issues with anger to the point of needing anger management wouldn’t advertise smashing and breaking things. As well as if their anger led to destruction of their personal property. Though...

It’s weird, how much time I spend with myself. I say this jokingly of course. But I agree that time spent with oneself can grow a sense of confidence in oneself. I think it’s the balance that I need. Though the close connection in a friend has currently been severe, I do have the conscious...