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Thank you very much @Friday for your reply and your experiences of your flashbacks.It is really interesting to read how long people have had flashbacks for and how they have been affected by them.

Thank you @EveHarrington for your reply and explaining how you are feeling and what you are going through with your flashbacks.

Thank you @Freida for your reply and your knowledge. My T is teaching me grounding techniques to get through them as well as reminding me that they are just memories. It is like being in a film and watching a film all at the same time.

Thank you @Kubash16 a hug is fine ?

My repressed memories of CSA have only come back over the last 11 months since I was triggered by a trip to the dentist. Up until now I have had one major theme with my flashbacks but this morning in the bathroom I had a new and different flashback. Now I am left wondering what else is going to...

@Wendell_R You have just explained it perfectly,thank you .

Thank you @Lucycat for your reply.At the time I found it quite cathartic but since then I have struggled with my feelings and emotions. I guess it is a journey where you learn that you can't change the past and how you deal with how it affects you now.

When I was with my old T there was this woman who he worked with and in my head I was pretty sure that she was talked about me and laughed at me. I told my T and we discussed why I felt this way and it helped to set my mind at rest. I would tell your T how you are feeling and why you are...

I think there comes a point when you have someone likes this in your life that you just have to pick and choose what you discuss with them. My mother is very critical of me and I have got to the point where I just talk to her about general every day stuff because it is easier that way. My...

I think CPTSD can affect all aspects of your life without you realising it. When I look back now to my early school years I spent a lot of the time walking around in a daze and my concentration skills were poor. As I got older into high school I had to have quite a bit of time off due to anxiety...

Thank you very much @Wendell_R for your reply. I guess it is me being my usual self and comparing myself to others.I have seen other people who have had therapy for years and haven't told their therapist what happened and there is me who has had this therapist for a few weeks and wham I have...

Now I am thinking did I do the right thing yesterday ? Did I say it too quickly ? I did feel really safe with him but at the same time I felt vulnerable because we had been talking about the physical abuse and I let down my guard. Maybe I said it because I wanted to be told that everything will...

You are not annoying at all @Invisible Fire .It is good to know that we are not alone and that other people have had similar experiences. That is exactly the same thing my therapist told me as well.They say how brave and strong we are but alot of the time I do not feel strong at all.

I have dealing with this by myself really for the last 37 years but because I had repressed memories I didn't understand just how much it had affected my life. So maybe subconsciously I have been waiting for the right time to talk to someone that I could talk to and someone who I felt safe with.

@Invisible Fire I feel exactly the same when it comes to therapy.I will sit there and think did I just say too much or didn't I say enough.Then I will think did I just open up too quickly. I have a certain amount of sessions with my therapist so I do feel under pressure to get it out before the...

Thank you very much @somerandomguy for your support. On here and with my therapist are the only places where I can speak what is on my mind. These last 10 months have left me so confused and numb at the same time.Maybe you are right about it is time to heal. A psychiatrist told me in order for a...

Thank you @Invisible Fire for your kind words.I am glad that I have helped you . I don't feel very brave,I feel like I am being eaten alive by my own thoughts and feelings.

The last 10 months for me have been a complete nightmare. It all started off with a trip to the dentist which lead to some repressed memories to come out.Memories which I couldn't remember until this year. Since then I have had flashbacks ,body memories and nightmares.My mood has been low...

@Orange Phone Thank you so much for sharing your story with me and being understanding as well. I think we all deal with our traumas in different ways. We all have different relationships with our therapists and I suppose the most important thing is that we all grow and learn in therapy.

I don't think you did anything wrong and he probably just said it a bit louder to get you back into the room again. I drift off and dissociate quite a bit in therapy and quite often I have found that my therapist voice will go from quiet and calm to more assertive or he would say my name to...

@Cypress Thank you very much for your reply.I know exactly where you are coming from about it helping you to trust your therapist by knowing small details about them and having that human interaction. My protection towards him is that I wanted to look after him and protect him from being hurt...

At @EveHarrington like I said we all see our treatment in different ways and there isn't one size that fits all. I personally don't think any boundaries were broken at all and it was a learning experience.It was learning about human interactions and challenging certain concepts. I think you...

Wow I went to sleep and came back to all these replies. Thank you much for all your answers and views.It is so interesting to see how different individuals want different things from their therapeutic relationship. For me with my ex T I guess I liked the fact that he shared some of his life with...

I agree with you @Justmehere in that it is suppose to be about the client and their road to recovery but there can be different ways of achieving that in the therapeutic room.

Thank you @ladee and sending you hugs back as well. I can completely understand where you are coming from @EveHarrington and why you wouldn't want to have an attachment to a therapist. I guess we all deal with our traumas in different ways and that includes within a therapeutic relationship.