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There is a slight physical element (apprehension of verbal ridicule leading to physical aggression/violence). Mainly it’s emotional, I feel it’s because I’m trying to keep my emotions in check during social situations.. appearing ok so others don’t pursue questions further.. certain topics seem...

To me it varies in intensity.. there’s a constant anxiety that everything could fall apart at any moment, my inner sanctuary has been breached. As the overwhelm increases the more I feel like I’m facing a familiar scenario in which I can provide the analogy of attending a bungee jump, waiting...

You are right. We really do make things bigger than they truly are by focusing in on them and giving them so much importance. I feel most of the time people really aren’t bothered by the answers it’s more about trying to bond. I’ll write out a list of my boundaries, I don’t think I’ve ever...

Thank you for your informative reply. The changing the conversation is something I’ll have to practice. Currently I get shocked by the question, then panic.. freeze, reply by trying to avade a direct answer but remain frozen after replying. I don’t quite move the conversation in a different...

I have recently touched on this topic with my therapist as I was trying to work out the constant ‘why me’ when it came to being butt of jokes, difficulties socialising, learning difficulties. A constant feeling of what is everyone else understanding which I am not... The developmental delay is...

I’m having greater and greater difficulty managing conversation that expose myself, topics that hold a correlation to why I have PTSD and my past. e.g. Why I’m unable to work, when I am going to see my family, what are my future plans.. Previously I was able to give short answers or hints so...

The current therapist I am seeing is very good at noticing body clues and I am grateful for it. She makes me aware of that I am not sometimes aware because I am dysregulated. I had a similar incident to yours a few weeks back whereby a certain word was said and my face went white and dropped...

I find a part will appear in his own time, often I get a sense that “I’m not feeling myself” and then I will suspect there’s a stirring going on (often due to a recent or upcoming trigger, or therapy discussions). When I try to force this part to appear even though I know there’s a stirring it...

I do get moments like that but for me it’s if my fight/flight response is activated. I’m mainly a freeze response and feel dissociated around people. I still haven’t found my balance in terms of regulation of arousal states though I am improving.

Thanks for the replies all. I’m going to go to my next session and try to be open as possible with a fresh perspective. At the end of the session if I felt I didn’t feel comfortable once again I will bring it up to my therapist and ask about their treatment methods for me, whether they feel...

Over the last few months I’ve been grieving pretty hard, and currently I’ve been feeling the loss of my childhood very intensely. However accepting my losses for what they are he given me back a healthy dose of life. How did this grieving occur? Body work help e.g. Yoga, Meditation...

My trauma therapist stated that often people with trauma will forget e.g. journal something important and then days later look through the journal and find what was written but had totally forgotten they wrote it. It’s a common form of dissociation, try not to feel bad about it. There’s also...

Hi, I’ve found for a while that I have great difficulty socialising but only recently have I truly began to witness other aspects as to why. Previously I thought it was because of social anxiety, then I was diagnosed Complex Trauma and that made sense but recently my trauma therapist made a...

I’ve had my 5th session with my latest Trauma therapist and I’m doubting the bond. There feels like a divide, I feel judged and that the therapist only wants to hear of ‘good news’. I don’t feel fully able to open up to her or be emotionally vulnerable. Moments where she’s guided me to feel my...

I wonder if there are books that can help... Sexual Healing by Wendy Maltz - Is a good book convering the effects of Sexual abuse possibly check it out it might help to clear up your question.

So I researched for a good 6 months to maybe 1 year before attempting a therapeutic mushroom session to help resolve past trauma. I had previous experience with mushrooms but in a more social surrounding however was fully aware of how introspective and powerful mushrooms are, I thought after...

I'm gradually declining and becoming further depressed the longer I'm in this situation. I feel stuck in a rut with no energy or motivation, I'm living at my partners parents home and have been for the past 4 weeks or so, I'm in a new area of the country and have no additional friends up here...

I do find having a compassionate mindset has greatly helped my healing process. I find it has helped me with the blows of a) When a triggered learned helpless attack occurs b) Picking up the pieces after a trigger. I'll be honest spirituality has helped me view myself from a different set of...

I've been living with my girlfriends parents for the last 3 weeks after having to move away from my home due to confronting my parents about the CSA... It didn't go how I would have liked and I had to move away due to the number of triggers (the person who abused me still lives there, and my...

It sounds like you may need stabilization. Trauma therapy changes constantly with what comes up but with also changes in our life e.g. moving home, stressed relationships, finances.. To really process trauma I firmly believe there needs to be focus on grounding.. Are you guys utilizing...

Its a difficult one.. But this year I've decided nope I'm too angry to even consider sending one.. any man can procreate but it takes a special man to be a father. I'm sticking by my inner child this time. There's a lot of anger, often dissociated and numbed away most of the time but I'd...

Some really great insights here, a lot of food for thought.. Great to learn from others experiences.

Do others here have a 'spiritual connection'.. Has it benefited you? How?

Hi JuneBug, apologies for not following and investigating this topic further as I intended.. Its been another fun packedweek.. I haven't during this thread defined what I believe 'learned helplessness' to be. I believe the article posted earlier in this thread does a fair job at capturing it...

No though it could be for some people. I was talking more of that it's effects are wide spread and influence many decisions in life. The learned helplessness is from the core traumas, often then influenced further by smaller Ts, a core feeling of total utter despair, where one cannot see a...