Major flashbacks

[Pinkgiraffe]

I haven't actually read them. Dad and my police officer do, and they decide on things I should know about, but don't go into the full details that he provides.
I changed my name last year, I wanted to be part of my adopted family rather than my biological one, so have got a new email. I had a meeting with my police officer last week which is what caused me to look at the old email address.

Thank you for helping

 

[barefoot]

You don’t have to actually show her the emails if you don’t want to. But I do think it would be worthwhile you telling her about them - she can support you, help you explore some of what’s coming up for you around them. We go to therapy because we now how someone safe to share this hard stuff with. And, as @Suzetig says, if your T knows about this it will inform the context/pace etc of the work at the moment if it is affecting your emotional state.

If it were me, I think I would plan to tell her that I had received them from my abuser and that they are very graphic about what he did to me and that I feel <whatever you feel> after reading them. And then see from there if I want to say more.

Take care.