I survived by becoming overly analytical on the one hand, and creating a fantasy world on the other. Therapy, for ME (not for anybody who wants or needs something else) has to get me out of my head. Talking talking talking makes me feel desperate.
I've dealt with similar feelings, psychology is generally focused on putting an additional structure on top of my emotions and thoughts. I saw it as a trying to force a model on top of an already full cup. Why waste extra energy adding another layer, when my PTSD already had my nervous system exhausted?
I explored multiple types of healing and recovery methods, with wide variety of approaches focusing more with body, emotion/energy, or spirit.
All paths are tied together though, going the mental route, will still lead to body and emotion. Just like starting with the body will still lead to emotion and mental. Healing ultimately needs wholeness and total integration of all 3 major bodies:
'Head, Heart, and Gut' is a popular pointer.
If you don't want to pursue energetic/emotional routes, then body centered methods is probably a good place to start looking.
Breath work and breathing modalities can be quite powerful. Indian version is called pranayama. There's some western models like Transformational Breathing, Conscious connected breathing, Bruce Frantzis teaches a simplified Taoist energy breathing to westerners, Michael Brown's The Presence Process uses practice of meditation + breathing, or there's older original methods like Rebirthing, Holotropic.
Somatic practices like somatic experiencing as mentioned but usually requires a facilitator... TRE (Trauma Releasing Exercises) can be done from book or a DVD can also be good for some.
Body re-discovery practices like Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Egoscue Method, Core Energetics, Yoga, etc.
There's also lots of dance/music methods, but can't think of anything in particular, as those never did much for me.
Or if it's baby steps, maybe exploring simple massage therapy, color therapy, aroma therapy, physical fitness or acupuncture.
The exact method probably doesn't really matter, it's mostly just trial and error, keep using it as long as it's helpful, then move on to other ones. Ultimately you'll have to customize what's out there for you. That's pretty much how most therapy and healing methods started, someone's personal story of suffering forced them to seek out and eventually create their own method. Then after their own success, they decided to share it with the world.
