SecondStar
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my name's Eleonora and I am 20 years old. I have had PTSD for 4 and a half years and have not managed to cure it yet, but can manage some symptoms. I have read a lot about people who finally processed their trauma and got over it and it sounds like many had to stabilize or that many treatment options work when you are not in an episode. But what if you are chronically hyper aroused or chronically numb/not yourself, how do you process trauma when you cannot get to that baseline where you feel safe and stable. I don't know if all this is true, but I have videos or read articles in which therapists talk about having to get the person out of the freeze response to address the trauma. And from what my therapist explained this freeze/shutdown mode is what is present in the body when dysregulated. So how do you process trauma when you're in a chronic freeze?
my name's Eleonora and I am 20 years old. I have had PTSD for 4 and a half years and have not managed to cure it yet, but can manage some symptoms. I have read a lot about people who finally processed their trauma and got over it and it sounds like many had to stabilize or that many treatment options work when you are not in an episode. But what if you are chronically hyper aroused or chronically numb/not yourself, how do you process trauma when you cannot get to that baseline where you feel safe and stable. I don't know if all this is true, but I have videos or read articles in which therapists talk about having to get the person out of the freeze response to address the trauma. And from what my therapist explained this freeze/shutdown mode is what is present in the body when dysregulated. So how do you process trauma when you're in a chronic freeze?