Are You Embarrassed And Ashamed To Talk Details w/ Your Therapist?

[unbrokenwarrior]

Yes! I still haven't said anything aloud because it's like a physical block, but I have written it down so she has a general idea of what my traumas are. We are working on one at a time and the memory we are currently working on I wrote it in detail and gave it to her at the end of the session. Shes the only person I've ever told.

 

[Changing4Best]

This is a painting I did to express my feelings about working with a T of the opposite gender. The yellow represents fear, (yellow belly) and the green represents personal growth and the blue represents hope. (I guess the red is anger at my old T for leaving the practice where I was seeing her).

 

[Cypress]

@Changing4Best I was really afraid of this too - all of my abusers have been men. But as others have noted - developing trust in someone that your PTSD mind instantly identifies as a potential threat - can help you to heal. It has helped me get away from that rigid, black and white thinking that prevents you from really living life. I've learned that that there are men that can be trusted which is something I would not have allowed myself to consider before going back into therapy.