Recent content by Leighlee87

EMDR has been incredibly beneficial and I'm so glad I went through it. If she's sending you for emdr, it's not because you are failing, but because she knows what a strong impact it will have on your healing process. I completely think you should do it. It's really hard, I won't lie, but it's...

Okay I have a long history of child abuse, molestation, rape, along with significant trauma from a few years ago. I was terrified going into EMDR because it does bring up a lot of memories that you very vaguely remember and for me, a couple I had completely forgotten had happened. It's...

* ....(or keeps me awake until I cave), then I would have walked away. It's my body and it isn't being respected. Sorry, I don't know how that line got cut off.

Very valid question. Okay, well when it comes to money, if she doesn't like it for long enough, she can leave. If the two are baggering one another for long enough, neither can see eye to eye, and neither is happy, is that relationship healthy? No. Not really. There are better ways to work...

oh and @kerrielou there are A LOT of programs out there still doing this. Sadly.

I made a comment to my therapist one time along the lines of, I felt weak for developing PTSD and that my story wasn't severe enough. I successfully managed to make her a bit angry with me. Her response was, "Where did that idea come from? You're not allowed to have a breaking point? If...

Okay, I'm in this exact same position at this point, and it's something I've been discussing with my therapist at length lately. First, the poster above me made note of some extreme abuse that occurred to her. Abuse occurs on a multitude of levels with different levels of severeness. Also...

I've become more open about it as time goes on, partially because I feel like I'm in a more solid mental state. I typically wait until people have gotten to know me pretty well before I disclose it. After two years of working in the same job, I told a handful of colleges because I was going...

I have catatonia when triggered badly enough. It's like a freeze response that I can't pull myself out of. I can't move any of my muscles at all or speak when this happens. However if someone touches me, my body will automatically jerk back. I do not have the convulsions with it. Although at...

Following this thread, I have the very same questions.

I guess it might be a good question to bring up in therapy, what does stable look like and maybe ask why he thinks you aren't ready. My only guess from what you've written is that he might be worried that you will start drinking more again. But even if that isn't it, try to trust what he is...

I've learned that if I'm so overwhelmed that I can't function in daily life, it's something that really needs to be brought up in therapy. Things can be slowed down, you can have several easy sessions, and you can work on coping strategies. I was told early on that if I struggled like that to...

It's completely normal. It gets way worse before it gets better. I know when I got too overwhelmed by everything, I'd ask my therapist if we could take a session to work on grounding exercises or practice reducing anxiety. It usually helped me to take the break even though she wanted to push...

Yup. Sounds completely like dissociation to me. Find multiple grounding techniques and practice them regularly. At work, I take a million notes of what I've done, what I need to do, etc. I'm a teacher, so I audio record my classes because I literally cannot remember the words I said two...

Check out the fidget cubes. That might be even better since it has multiple tactile sensations, and it's small enough you might be able to keep it in your pocket. My son is autistic and has one for school, but I could see it working really well for grounding purposes too.