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Ha, I know so little too. She is a trauma specialist. And that part of the healing is the relationship.. I think.. its about trust... sorry I cannot explain better.. I am exhausted.

Well I am no expert. But I should have said "relationship type" therapist. She has mentioned attachment and that it is normal etc. I am in a deep, dark hole these days and this is one pain I can get rid of. :(

I suppose we will have a bit of a conversation. Just grieving... She is an attachment type of therapist.. its not her at all..

I have seen my therapist for about 7 months. She diagnosed me with PTSD. She is simply lovely. A great therapist. I am saying goodbye to her this week. I need to end it, I am too attached and it all just hurts too much. She is like a mirage in the desert to my "younger" self. (A self I really...

Thanks Victory. I think alot of this to work through for me is it brings back those memories of a preteen (don't remember first 10 years) of desperately wanting to "belong" and be "normal" and not understanding why I was so different. It was like being teleported to alien planet and wondering...

I agree it will probably be fine. And really, so what if you did "snoop?" Many people do searches about their T online. Its human to be curious. In fact I think its a good thing to see what it out there.. .sort of like you are going to hire someone, you want to know any background.. like um...

Hi Everyone, I am fairly new here to the forum. I turn 50 tomorrow. 8 months ago I started therapy to improve my life/ relationships. I new I was a product of child emotional neglect. Adult life was quite good. No idea I had PTSD Started and decided to tell my therapist those "secrets I was...

"It" = talk to myself and at times in my head..

Yes I do. These days its talking to my therapist.. lol

I actually "sleep" pretty well with it. Just my head feels weird. Psychiatrist finally wrote and said I can stop it and see if it helps with fatigue.. if it won't be a problem, I could She then asked, if next message if I had hit my head, and it turns out I had, playing with my son. Now the...

From my understanding of IFS. and just read J Fisher's book, is that its not the emotions that are "childlike" but the responses are- flight, vigilance, escape, shame and neediness. They were necessary and adaptive then but maladaptive now. So the feeling are just feelings.. its the process of...

Hi, I started Prazosin a few weeks ago. Mine is to help me sleep, not for nightmares. I could not get through sleep cycles on generic Zoloft. After first day was okay.. Only on 1mg. I have found myself with a lot less energy. And also the back of my head where the reptilian / emotional...

I did an Irest type of meditation taught by a trauma yoga person. Suppose to be good for stress, trauma etc. Triggered the hell out of me as I had had something earlier that day. My trauma is stored in the vagus nerve area. And she was like "feel your heart" went there and could not get to a...

Hi, New to the forum.. Background.. I started with my current therapist back in October. I did not know I had CPTSD. I knew of my childhood profound neglect from therapy 30 years ago in college with an amazing therapist. Lived life etc. Started current therapy to “make improvements in my...

A great book that talks about this is: Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors by Janina Fisher.