hello world dreamer. i love your user name. i am a passionate dreamer of treating our world better. buttttttaaaa. . . staying on topic. . .
i "graduated" to "therapy maintenance" around the turn of the millennium and have not experienced many of the formal therapies now in popular use, but i know the processing exhaustion intimately. my very first formal dx in 1974 was, "trauma induced amnesia." there was tons of emotional processing attached to each and every memory block which came down. the exhaustion attached to that processing was intense enough to disable my hyper-active system. alas, when my senses came back on line, my international flight pattern was typically locked and loaded for yet another flight to god knows where. i had covered three continents before we got that flight reflex arrested far enough to get me back into psychotherapy.
my last therapist --and the only one who managed to get me back in her chair after a flight episode-- gave me a "psychic flu" analogy which is still serving me here in the 21st century. i am, in fact using that very tool today. my eldest foster child (11) was just diagnosed with "juvenile idiopathic arthritis." the dx triggered a flashback series to my own juvenile arthritis and its place in my child prostitution experience. does i really have to process another round? sigh. . . god's will be done.
within the psychic flu analogy, i am treating it like an especially nasty flu bout. no mask required. nor a global shutdown, but please do maintain your proper social distance. i am highly vulnerable to pathogenic opinions while suffering my psychic flu. i am giving myself lots of fluid, soft foods and bed rest. the dirty dishes can wait until i recover. i am being gentle with myself and patient with the process. this, too, shall pass.
but that is me and every case is unique.
steadying support while you find what works for you. welcome aboard. dream healing can happen here. just dreaming in faith.
