Trauma workshop

[ladee]

Fantastic !!! Get back with us if you are having trouble following thru.... we will be your cheerleaders and you will be so happy you followed thru.... So good to see good news .... keep telling yourself how brave you are.... courage means we are afraid but do it anyway !!!!!

 

[FauxLiz]

Well apparently my t and I were thinking similar thoughts this week. He was aware of my reseIrvations and when I checked my email this afternoon right after getting off the phone with the workshop leader I received an email from him letting me know that he had reached out to her for clarification on the things I was concerned about gave me that information and encouraged me to call either of them if I still had questions.

So I am officially registered for the workshop it starts next Sat. and I am terrified but I think my t was on to something because he asked to reschedule our 2nd session for next week from our regular morning to Sat morning with enough time for me to grab breakfast and go straight to the workshop as his office and the workshop location are in the same nearby city.

 

[ladee]

Things are coming together !! And really sounds as if your T really has your best interest in mind..... and as the week progresses you may become less afraid and more positive and curious about what it will bring you... very proud of you for moving forward in spite of the fear !!! Let us know how you are doing during the week !!!

 

[deeplyloved]

Wow! You are so brave! I'm in awe of you. And your therapist is making adjustments and anticipating your needs. This is wonderful. Please share how the workshop goes. I would love to find something like that to attend. Like others already said, be your authentic self and don't feel like you have to pretend your perfectly valid concerns need to be hidden. If you choose to be vulnerable about where you are at, I bet you'll help make it safer for the other participants to do the same. I am amazed with your bravery.

 

[barefoot]

Well done! Looking forward to hearing how it goes :-)

 

[FauxLiz]

Well day 1 of the trauma workshop is complete. I am not sure what I really expected but it was everything the flyer said it would be. I am trying to be open to what they were trying to accomplish I just felt very out of place. I felt like I had somehow missed the training for the workshop. I don't do yoga personally, its not that I haven't tried it I have it was just too triggering for me. I am not a guided imagery person because I struggle with focusing my thoughts that way without getting very dark. I am trying so hard not to feel like I somehow failed at the workshop but I am just feeling do sad and I am struggling to consider returning next week. I know I need to talk through all this with my t.

 

[MyWillow]

I don't want to sound flippant but I just keep thinking of Yoda from Star Wars saying: "Do or do not, there is no try". Because you know what? You did it!!!! Wow. No way I could manage a group situation like that and I don't even have any idea why I show all the symptoms of trauma. Yeah I dissociated off into fairy land when my therapist did guided imagery (it wasn't until later that I realised that her voice fading to nothing was not because she was speaking quietly). In all honesty, you are AMAZING!!! Do what you have to do for you of course but I hope you realise the enormous step you've taken.