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    No therapy - Received phone call to say all therapy support has been withdrawn until further notice

    Hi, did you all restart therapy again recently? Is it still teletherapy mostly now or back in the office?
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    Unable to Talk about the Really Hard Stuff

    I totally understand - I just go blank. No words. I dissociate completely. 2 years of therapy and never got the words out. Writing is way easier for me and I pushed through the dissociation after a couple attempts.
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    Has anyone tried Acupuncture for CPTSD?

    Oh yes I LOVE acupuncture. It helped me a lot. Something about a healing hand, too.
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    Anyone in England, UK gone back to in person therapy?

    I've switched to writing therapy at home instead of in person talk therapy. Actually I discovered I like writing much better. It's more natural for me. Talking, I could never really get the words out, especially about trauma stuff.
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    What’s the point in therapy?

    I'm not really a talker myself. Writing therapy worked better for me.
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    EMDR hasn’t worked!

    Hi, I'm so sorry EMDR didn't work for you. Have you tried trauma writing therapy? It really worked for me. I did it at home, it's five structured writing sessions that target the trauma memory. Very similar to EMDR in theory. You can ask a therapist for it ("written exposure therapy") or do it...
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    Total Loss of Safety - Therapist Terminated Therapy

    That sounds really awful for you. I'd be really upset in your shoes. I'm so sorry. I do wonder like someone else said if something big and unexpected happened in her life to cause this?
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    Has any one tried CBT for Insomnia? (CBT-I)

    Hey, there's a CBT insomnia therapy app called Sleepio that is apparently very good - have you tried it?
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    Research What makes a good trauma service?

    I totally agree that the 50-minute sessions are just too short. Way too short. I'd like a week-long intensive bootcamp for trauma instead of 50 minutes once every week or two. Get on top of the problem quickly so I can get my life back.
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    Death Pedestrian suicide has traumatised me

    Hi Tangerine, how are you doing today? Checking in with you. I remember the first month after trauma, being in total shock, with this video playing in my head over and over, never stopping. I was eventually able to fix the flashbacks when I found the right treatment. You'll get there. Keep going.
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    Chat, check-in, and hang out

    Hi! Hope everyone is having a great day. I love having all of you here to check in with. So glad I found this forum! ?
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    Hypervigilance all the time

    Hey, I also had really bad nightmares and flashbacks. Talk therapy didn't really help me. I did trauma writing therapy (an app called Detrauma). It's very structured and focused, I wrote specifically about the memory that was coming up over and over in the nightmares. The app guides you through...
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    Sexual Assault I still blame myself

    Hi @Strangelongtrip, I also was really blaming myself for my assault, and therapy didn't get rid of the horrific flashbacks and nightmares. So I did trauma writing therapy at home - it really worked for me. Reprogrammed my brain. No more flashbacks since. There's a $5 app called Detrauma on...
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