Tag: talking
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Trauma Therapy Session 21 Part 1: The art of conversation and surviving when it’s lost.
I wish that the treatment of PTSD was easy and the rest of your life just opened up and accepted you lovingly when you choose to face a traumatic past. I have been struggling for a while with the conversation around my parents. Other family members often drop them into conversion. Either a passing comment,…
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Trauma Therapy Session 23: Talking to people you love about Trauma. Five ways they might reply.
Talking to people is one of the hardest parts of this process. Lots of todays session focused on the things which make it difficult and the responses you might receive. Only a few sessions left of therapy. Can’t entirely believe that. Excited to be able to step back from the hard work and take another…
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Not sure where to start. Words which fall on deaf ears…
This feels like one of the harder blogs to write. I did not know where to start. I have written it so many times and hesitated at posting it. I share this journey because I recognise there is likely other people struggling through similar challenges and whilst I recognise no one has all the answers…
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Starting a hard conversation. Advice is often easier to give than take.
Well that was the start of a conversation I have managed to avoid for around a decade. It was so hard, but I am glad I managed to start it. Preparing to begin… I have been speaking with my therapist Chris about how to talk to my eldest daughter about my childhood. She has frequently…
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Trauma Therapy Session 17: Post day 4. I love making progress painful as it is.
The starter for ten… Dam that Dr earns his money. We covered loads and also nothing. At the beginning of the session we reflected on a couple of things and sign posted a conversation for the future. Then we had a really helpful conversation about speaking to other people or more so other people speaking…
Rowan Aderyn 