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I do agree, the first place I should start when working with my nightmares is practicing grounding. I have started doing it more frequently since then. I was at first only doing it occasionally when I would remember, or would only use an object to ground myself which wasn't enough. I have tried...

My therapist mentioned trying exposure therapy in regards to going back to an area that's related to my anxiety and hypervigilance. For context, I'm no longer able to go to her personal office due to having multiple nightmares where I was abused there. The exposure therapy isn't for a while due...

Stepping back from the situation I agree that she wasn’t doing things intentionally. And she isn’t to blame for my emotions being triggered. I think taking your advice and setting time aside near the end of session to ground myself would be been beneficial. And if I’m being completely honest she...

If I'm being completely honest I want to spiral. I recently had a session with my therapist. I was somewhat quiet and uncomfortable due to a previous goal of starting to discuss my nightmares, so when this session came around I felt anxiety about having to relieve the vivid projections of fear...

I just had my session with her and I told her about one of the nightmares. At first, it was hard because I held the idea that I had to get through all of them at once; however, she reminded me to celebrate the small wins and allow myself to breathe afterward. So, I'm probably going to spend a...

I gaslight myself when it comes to my memories, which is probably why they rarely want to come out. I usually assume that I'm lying for attention; that I'm being dramatic; that I'm reading too into things. Even though the evidence is building tremendously that this person was not how the...

Yeah, the fear that if I say the wrong thing I'll be terminated, or suggested to someone else is prominent in rather or not I say certain things. At first it wasn't a justified fear now I'm not so sure. During one of my sessions I was able to mention how one of the nightmares I was being forced...

I have done a lot of preparation if I do go forth with discussing the dreams. I think the main fear that was persistent through all of them was the fear that this person that completely trust is only being nice to get something from me. But once I upset them or when they want something then the...

Yeah, I will have to take your advice in regards to saying what I’m comfortable with. I am still in the beginning stages, I only have memories of how I acted after the abuse but nothing of the actual abuse. I spent a lot of time over the woman’s house, at times more than my own, yet I have no...

What are the benefits of telling your therapist about nightmares? A while back I had various nightmares, each worse than the last. Three were about my therapist abusing me, with worse involving molestation. Even though I know I couldn’t control them, there’s still shame surrounding them. I tried...

I have a lot of suppressed memories in regards to my childhood. Some of which involved abuse. However, when I went searching for support I couldn’t find much of anything in regards to what I’m going through. I was wondering if there was anyone who, as a child, was abused by the same sex? I’ve...