Tag: therapy
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Returning to the Chair: Learning to Sit with What Hurts
After a year away from therapy, I didn’t expect to find myself back in the chair so soon. But stress, fear, and old wounds have a way of resurfacing when you least expect them. This post is a reflection on returning to therapy, facing buried memories, and learning—slowly—to sit with anger, fear, and grief. It’s…
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Should I write a book? Will be worth it? Might it help someone?
Quick shout out to all my followers and any passing ear. When I was in therapy I captured much of my experiences here on this blog. I hoped that by sharing my journey I could demystify the process for anyone else considering the path of therapy. But it also helped me. It was cathartic. It…
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Trauma Therapy Session 30. That’s it Therapy done. I am out of here!
Almost exactly a year. Thirty sessions, mostly just fifty minutes long. Thousands of words, hundreds of tears. A huge amount of realisation and a few laughs. And that’s it, done. Singing off… We covered a few things in our last ever therapy session. I enquired briefly about the discharge letter I had asked Chris for.…
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Not ready, but ready. When the work is not quiet done and how to move forward.
I am not ready to finish therapy. That was a thought which crossed my mind today. I know there is enough trauma there that realistically I could work at it for years. Trying to unpick the tapestry of that design which has already been spun. But in all honesty I don’t have a choice and…
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Trauma Therapy Session 21 EMDR. When the world needs you to hide the darkness
I have to admit this post is well out of sync. This session happened weeks ago now and I have just failed to be able to write about it. I would tell myself I was busy but I know in reality it was just bloody hard. This session was about EMDR and “the box”. The…
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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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Trauma Therapy Session 21: Pause of EMDR. A great opportunity to address the bigger picture.
We took a break from EMDR. I had an appointment straight after the session which I didn’t really want to walk into in a mess. EMDR has been amazing but I am set on trying to tackle “the box” next time and I feel a little uncertain if it will go as well. Chris agreed…
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Trauma Therapy Session 19: Post day 3. Realistic goals for compliments
Much of todays discussion focused around compliments. We had a really good conversation about how I am progressing with the homework, which realistically I was not doing as well as I would like at. The limiting compliments to one a day appears to have had little benefit other than once it passes I can relax…
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Trauma Therapy Session 18: Post day 8. Alone but accepting.
It’s a strange thing to try and describe. For years I denied the abuse I lived through. I pushed it aside, minimised it, fort my way forward never standing still long enough for any of it to settle. Some how as I did that I felt closer to those around me. Sure at times when…
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Recovery after therapy. Five ways to help you feel better.
Sometimes therapy is hard. The process of digging up old memories and sorting through them. The action of exposing emotions and learning to sit with them. Often the more productive a session the harder it feels. It can literally feel like you have run a marathon. Creating not just a mental but a physical exhaustion.…
Rowan Aderyn 