recoveringfromptsd
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Recently I was hospitalized at Sheppard Pratt's Trauma Disorders Unit, one of the things they taught me is how too use containment as a way to cope with flashbacks, intrusive thoughts.
Typically, the most common visualizations that many end up creating is a safe place or safe room. Another is an anger room.
Recently as a result of trauma therapy I found myself constantly between trauma time and the present, with my mind always processing abuse unless I am distracted. This certainly gave me urges to get relief which I have fought to not give into. Getting to sleep is difficult. And the nightmares are another part of this.
from the above two types of visualizations I use, the safe place is a refuge, and the anger room is a place for me to get angry and get away with anything in that room. Those visualizations for containment don't really help where I am at now.
My trauma therapist suggested I use containment to help deal with this problem. The problem was I did not have a good containment vehicle for this particular need.
It took me a while, but I ended up creating a jail in my visualization, and put my abuses and all the abuse in that jail. It actually helped.
A jail or prison for containment might be helpful for some PTSD sufferers.
Typically, the most common visualizations that many end up creating is a safe place or safe room. Another is an anger room.
Recently as a result of trauma therapy I found myself constantly between trauma time and the present, with my mind always processing abuse unless I am distracted. This certainly gave me urges to get relief which I have fought to not give into. Getting to sleep is difficult. And the nightmares are another part of this.
from the above two types of visualizations I use, the safe place is a refuge, and the anger room is a place for me to get angry and get away with anything in that room. Those visualizations for containment don't really help where I am at now.
My trauma therapist suggested I use containment to help deal with this problem. The problem was I did not have a good containment vehicle for this particular need.
It took me a while, but I ended up creating a jail in my visualization, and put my abuses and all the abuse in that jail. It actually helped.
A jail or prison for containment might be helpful for some PTSD sufferers.
