Tag: trauma
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Take back the power. Why you might not want to name your depression.
This is a concept I first came across many years ago. The idea is that you name your anxiety or depression and then you can refer to this “other” when you think about or struggle with it. People will says things like “It’s just Bob winding me up again.” I have seen this work to…
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Three ways to help yourself on the journey from beginner to expert.
Accept you will get it wrong and give yourself room to learn… Often when we set ourselves goals in life we decide we just want to be there. Jump straight to the conclusion. If we do accept that there will be some work to do, to get from A to B then we often look…
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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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That’s was hard but I did it with a little help…
Anniversary of my mothers passing. One week and one day before Christmas. I still remember the night I got that call. And I remember every moment leading up to it. Today though I faced a different struggle. This is the first year since she passed away that I have had that emotion chip turned on.…
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Gearing up to finish therapy. 3+ Ways to make it great
So I only have two sessions of therapy left. One of which is today! I know transitions are hard so I am trying my best to make it a good conclusion, here’s some of the how’s… Celebrate… This is top of my list for a reason. Therapy can be hard work and even if we…
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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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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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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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