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The first hour of my day, after I leave the apartment, is devoted to awareness of my feet and lower legs. This is where I started with SP back in June, even though I abandoned the work for a few months after. I add concentration on other parts of the body as I proceed with this, but awareness...

Thank you for your encouraging words and interest, mumstheword and ladee. :) My T was pleased, I think, that I had taken her suggestion of attending trauma groups in London and taken the initiative to join this online community. I'm glad to have a place where I don't have to 'explain'. As far...

So, this is what I actually do in psychorimotor therapy every day in this period (my life is in a state of transition at the moment, so when I refer to my 'regular life', it's a relative term!). You'll find me this week in the streets of Bucharest, showered and in clean and recently-bought...

I think before describing the exercises, I do need to explain my understanding of them a little, even if I’m keen to get past the prelim. The first concept of psychorimotor therapy is to reconnect with your body. I know that much. The book gives examples of sexual abuse and military PTSD...

So, I’ll begin. I seem to be at the ‘Karate Kid’ stage of sensorimotor psychotherapy. That’s where the bullied kid convinces a martial arts master to teach him Karate in order to defend himself. First thing the master does is get the kid to wash his car and paint his fence for weeks, always...

Thanks. I am already participating in chats and posts at this site, but probably in this thread am going to write more than interact. Anyone is welcome to comment, of course. But I haven’t quite even finished the first book yet (see my post above) and so all I can offer is a blow-by-blow of...

Will keep bio v.brief, as more interested in creating the journal. 51-year-old British male, currently resident in Bucharest, returning to London for a month or so in a week. Raised by high-functioning schizophrenic mother, not diagnosed or treated until two years before her death a few years...

Yep, I found that out the hard way in the early 1990s. :S

Interesting. From my experience of hypnosis, many years ago, I'm not sure this is a good idea on general principle for people who need to really deal with the hard work of assimilating bad experiences.

I'm sorry you're having such a bad time with it at the moment. There is help and progress out there for you. You already seem to know that, since you're looking for a therapist, which is a good sign. I figure that since I'm going to repeat all my negative cycles anyway, at least, at last, I am...

I think 'whining' is probably one of the most toxic words for trauma survivors, since most of us were either explicitly told or tacitly instructed to 'toughen up' when material came into our lives that was destined to become intolerably destructive. I spent the last three years until March...

Unusually bad night. In this period I usually sleep okay, and am in a situation where getting enough time for good sleep is not a problem. But I have now had dreams/nightmares two nights running where I met a woman in whom I was romantically interested and it concluded by her telling me she...

You've really been through the mill, no doubt about it, and no surprise if you need to vent. I'm also sorry for the reaction of your friends, as you describe. There are better friends out there for you, starting here. :) And the fact that you're here means you're looking to make things better...

I am having some interesting experiences in this period in 'staying in the moment'. The point of these early exercises (I am right at the start of it all) is to engage with the body, so I am practicing for many hours a day - and all the time I am out as well. The point of this body observation...

This interests me, since I have found that the notes I keep between sessions with my T not only help me to get to useful material with her, but give me insight. I’m a journalist. I’ve written millions of words for money in the last ten years, but in twenty years or more if trying to put my own...

This is probably the biggest challenge I have. The worst part about it is how humiliating it is when a real crisis brings it back to the attention of your support network. I’m working on it in sensorimotor psychotherapy, but I’m a long way from being ready to look at the underlying event with...

Thank you, DharmaGirl. Just to say a little more about me - I am from London originally, though my flag shows as Romania here, since I've been in Bucharest for three months. It has taken a very long time for my therapist to convince me that CPTSD (I think that is right - the non-military...

Thank you, Sean.

Hi. This seems to be where new members say hello. I've been seeing a therapist who uses Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for seven months now, after nearly dying of alcohol abuse in March. It's been an up and down year, and after seven months seeing her, I am committing to trying this form of therapy...