Tag: PTSD
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Shifting flashbacks. Sorting through a messy history.
I have noticed something since starting therapy. Previously all the flashbacks I suffered were fixed. The same images the same points in time thrown into my present thought. And historically I treated them all the same…pushed them aside, literally shook them off, distracted myself and tried to crack on with stuff. They weren’t relevant or…
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Not beating myself up over something I can’t control. Happy days.
So this weekend I have had another water infection. I know gross and way more sharing than some people will manage but the context matters. This morning I found myself in a familiar position of beating myself up because I was not up to my usual performance. I did not have a great night, awake…
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Trauma Therapy Session 16: Post day 5. Fiercely Independent. One belief I am not going to change.
Last session we talked through extending our sessions to allow for some further work. Chris graciously agreed to put in a request for some more, though I heard loud and clear there was a limit to the time we could work together. I know part me desperately wanted to hear him say he would stick…
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Survivors guilt. I survived and thrived, they barely stay alive.
Sometimes I feel guilty for the life I have. I feel awful for all the children who suffered in their childhood and never really made it out. Even the ones who survived often face a life of struggles, crafted by their beginning. So many of them get lost in a system designed to teach them…
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Trauma Therapy Session 15: Post day 8.Five steps to processing emotions.
As part of my ongoing therapy we have been trying to explore and expose me to more negative emotions. Previously negative emotions were a set of feelings I forced aside, avoided, halted, or ignored. This process has been extremely uncomfortable though I recognise needed. I am still not great at it and last week I…
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Trauma Therapy Session 15: Post day 6. Five ways to support your partner while you get treatment.
Sharing a journey through treatment to demystify the process for anyone nervous about starting therapy. Reflecting on the conversations to find the lessons to move forward. I took some time to speak with Stephen this week I wanted to understand his perspective on this journey. I often wonder how it impacts him. I know I…
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Spontaneous recovery. Did talking therapy heal my finger?
Stay with me guys. I know this is a bit of break from the usual broadcasting, but related so I can get away with it. For those of you who have been following along of this bumpy ride for a while you will have heard about me managing to burn myself making soup! It took…
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Trauma Therapy Session 15: Post day 1. Therapy a journey down the rabbit hole and a path to happy ever after. I hope!
Sharing a journey through treatment to demystify the process for anyone nervous about starting therapy. Reflecting on the conversations to find the lessons to move forward. I value every minute of these conversations. Brilliant session this one. We reflected on the last conversation two weeks ago and it really helped to start cementing in this…
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Trauma Therapy Session 14: Post day 5. Happy highs and crash and burn
Sharing a journey through treatment to demystify the process for anyone nervous about starting therapy and also to help me reflect and find the lessons to move forward. I am committed to sharing a honest view of this therapy journey. The good, the bad, the in between. This week is defiantly one of the stranger…
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Trauma Therapy Session 13: Post day 3. This one’s just for me…
Sharing a journey through treatment to demystify the process for anyone nervous about starting therapy and also to help me reflect and find the lessons to move forward. To anyone out there following my therapy journey, apologises I can’t give you a download on the last session it was one that I think I will…
Rowan Aderyn 