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OMG that is fantastic. Way to go Crazy Horse! I have come late to this thread, but I just wanted to add my support. I am a rape survivor, there were two occasions for me. The first time I guess you could say I was passive, the second time I was not and it was hideously violent. But I was no...

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Huh. I don't have an email address for my T. I'd quite like to, but I do think I change my point of view so much during the week between sessions that maybe it is for the best. Maybe it is because I'm still quite new to T. I just wanted to add about the journaling, I enjoy writing too and...

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Paperwork, appointments, bills, filing, children's school stuff. Been putting it off for weeks. Still haven't rung the dentist either :/

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My T makes a point of skipping the eye movements process every few weeks to consolidate where we are at. I find this really helpful, we talk through the cognitions and notice any changes in my thinking. I haven't been at it that long though, 4 months maybe. I can't imagine doing this for years...

I have so much sympathy, I don't tolerate the dentist at all well and I'm long overdue for a check. It seems to be a common issue for trauma sufferers. I guess there are so many reasons why the dentist can cause stress or trigger. In a way you would think that dentists were better trained for...

Your post rang so many bells with me. I dislike my body too, I hate the scars and I hate what it did to my psyche during my trauma. And I hate how when I have flashbacks it 'lets me down'. I've started to exercise, uh, a lot more, because it relieves my mental tensions. My body has responded...

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This is really interesting for me as I am quite new to therapy, been going about 3 months. At first I was standoffish but I knew this was what I needed so I forced myself to trust him. I saw this as treatment, medicinal, clinical. This worked because he is the same. We meet in a very non...

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@britt: sorry you have probs with dentist too...but i'm so glad your other half can help with the kids. I still haven't made that appointment :( However I have finished renovating the front door and I can now lock it! :) Today's goal is to make it through swimming lessons without dissociating...

I have an issue with emotional numbness and I deliberately chase physical sensation as a counter. Maybe you do this too? So I can't make friends very well, or feel happiness or sadness - can't cry. The only emotions I seem to feel are anger and fear (and self dislike). But controlled anger...

Hello ashdawn. Sounds like we are in a similar therapeutic position. I began the processing part of EMDR about a month ago. For my more 'minor' trauma that we started on, it was OK, better than OK, it works. I have been able to change my cognitions to more positive natural thoughts, I am...

I need to ring the dentist to make an appointment for my children. I have been putting this off for months. I can't quite think about an appointment for myself yet so baby steps. I also need to finish sanding my front door, but having the door open is making me anxious. So maybe just do 10...

Hi falling. I just wanted to tell you that I experience the same thing. Especially with the words - that really resonated with me! I can remember every detail of the two years following my specific trauma, the fallout, the medical stuff, the police, the courts, the difficulty, people's names...

I like what you sent back to him. I just wanted to add that PTSD makes me feel that that I am flawed, severely, and that I do not deserve what I have. I find it very hard to accept good things and kind thoughts, and have more than once rejected compassion that would help me or be good for me. It...

Get through the school run without dissociating and then exercise, sand the front door, collect kids, go to park (don't dissociate) then collect final child after football club and then go to friend's house for playdate (and again, be cool), then get through bath/ bed without getting angry with...

I was all for brick by brick but my therapist is more into dynamite it seems :confused: