Recent content by user51048

Rudolf, I do think that sensorimotor therapy with an experienced trauma therapist might be useful for you. Its ok that you do not feel anything, learning to tune in to your body and feelings when the timing is right for that is what a good body based therapist can help you with. Sometimes we...

Rudolf I think you have a good inner compass, a good sense of what you need to do, build safety. joeylittle and Friday are pointing you the right way to do the things large or small you can do now, practical things like making your apartment safer, things you and others have mentioned. I do...

You are right Sideways, in the sense that going into trauma and into upsetting parts that hold the trauma is not the way to go for someone who is very unsettled, destabilized, and not feeling safe. Safety first. With IFS or other ego state work there are ways of working with non traumatized...

Rudolf I am sorry that you are struggling so at this time. I do not know your personal story but from the sounds of your last post I think that both Sideways and RNrecovery are touching on an important point which is safety and stabilization as something you likely need now. You are correct -...

Actually I agree with your first comment: take what anyone says here with a grain of salt. Each person should do their own research when considering a form of treatment. Go with what you are comfortable with and have researched well, however understand that researching and the experience of...

Hi Rudolf: I am a retired psychologist and trauma therapist and before my retirement had worked with a number of CPTSD individuals and also Dissociative D.Os including DID. It sounds as though you have had a lot of early childhood trauma and this typically comes with a lot of defenses, often...