Poll How Much Has Your Ability To Share Your Difficulties Aided Or Hindered Your Healing?

[PaintedTurtle]

I have found that sharing only creates a reliving situation. You can also traumatised others with your trauma, so I tend to avoid sharing. I get greater resiliency from EMDR treatments than anything else I have tried. I highly suggest it.

 

[marblemaze]

I share enough so that people I'm close to are in reality about my condition, but I try not to dwell on it all the time.

 

[Lionheart]

I share with my therapist, certain family members, and a couple of close friends, rather freely and I have no qualms about asking for help if I need it, but having said that, I am more likely to try to work stuff out on my own if I can.

 

[holdenmonty]

I know I have a hard time opening up and I think it has definitely hindered some of my progress, but my last therapist I don't think was really all that beneficial. But glad that I have a new one now.

 

[gealach]

I opened up to the professionals that were supposed to help me. I told myself that if I didn't talk, didn't answer their questions, didn't give them the information they needed, they wouldn't be able to help me. That level of sharing worked against me... I was not believed, called a liar, misdiagnosed and didn't get the help I badly needed. Who knew that being honest and articulate was a bad thing? Now, no more sharing (except on this site).

 

[SeedMan]

So many facets to answer this question. As it's VERY hard for me to trust, I've tended to keep things to myself, but that prevented me from getting the help I needed. Conversely, opening-up too much and in unhealthy contexts, I find I begin to play the codependently helpless victim and starting to build my identity around my PTSD and that's toxic, too. I've no conclusions, but only observations of myself about my journey so far.

 

[EveHarrington]

I don't ask for help anymore because I get rejected