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    Sexual Assault More traumas and losing hope: working with a predator. Heartbroken & looking for comforting words.

    Hi all, this year has been quite difficult for me. I have been struggling for years with my C-PTSD and things were going better until a friend/colleague assault me, in my house in February. The betrayed, the hurt, the emotional damage and the hopelessness of realizing had happened again. In my...
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    EMDR vs NET experiences

    Thanks Joeylittle! You gave me so many useful information.
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    EMDR vs NET experiences

    Thank you for clarifying this! I didn't know about it.
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    EMDR vs NET experiences

    Thanks for sharing your experience. I see that EMDR is more popular and I had the feeling that NET is less common and you confirmed it. it's really nice to hear that you are doing it too! I will let you know later how it goes. I think my previous therapist was combining some NET with my EMDR...
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    EMDR vs NET experiences

    Hi all, my previous therapist has closed her practice and she was specialised in EMDR and SCHEMA therapy. I had a meeting with a new therapist who instead is specialised in affectphobia, NET (narrative exposure therapy), psychodynamic psychotherapy. Did any of you try both: EMDR and NET...
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    Do you prepare before your therapy session?

    I have a routine: I try to keep therapy the same day every week at the same time and I structure the day around it before and after. The evening before I take a moment to reflect on what happened to me the last week and what I want to discuss and even write it down. If I do trauma treatment, I...
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    Sufferer Living with PTSD, 18 months out from trauma. Feeling alone right now. Hoping for perspective and tools to move forward.

    Welcome! I am also new here. I totally understand how you feel! I did a lot of EMDR and trauma therapy and they are draining! They take such a load on mental energy on top of what our actual mental illness takes too. So be kind with yourself and discuss with your therapist too: what is it...
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    Sufferer Feeling Lost - Hoping to find some understanding from people who knows how hard is to live with PTSD.

    Thanks all for finding time for me! This is all new and scary but I feel is a new way to live with my PTSD and heal from it.
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    Sufferer Feeling Lost - Hoping to find some understanding from people who knows how hard is to live with PTSD.

    Hi all, I am 30yo woman with a diagnose of cPTSD. To summarize, 2 years ago I touched THE bottom and took a sick leave and I've started therapy. Unfortunately due to the system I had to change therapists many time and the last one, who I have been working for the last year, has just closed...
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