Tag: trauma
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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 14: Post day 11. What do I do now?
As part of the therapy sessions we have been focusing a lot on my belief I was some how responsible for the horrific events in my past. I always acknowledged others played a role. But if I am honest I focused on the parts I felt were mine. They were the parts I could control…
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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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An honest post. We all struggle sometimes.
Honest post warning!!! This is me blubbing on the train back from London. This is what it looks like when someone’s cup is a little too full. It was a tricky session yesterday with my psychologist. All nesscary work I am sure, but it left me feeling drained and a little fragile. I pushed through…
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Six reasons you don’t want help. Challenge yourself to do something different today.
I could list so many people I know right now who are unhappy. For some of them it’s a subtle feeling…I don’t remember the last time I felt truly happy. For others they have confided in me they have struggled so much they have considered taking their own lives. What do many of these people…
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Trauma Therapy Session 10: Post day 7. Yoga is Amazing!!!
In my usual attempt to go at solving something from multiple angles I have been to my first ever yoga class. I got some great advice from a colleague and learnt that were at least two types of yoga…Yin and Yang. It was recommend I try Yin yoga. A type of yoga that is slow…
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Trauma Therapy Session 6: Post Session day 2. Pragmatic and productive.
We appear to be falling into a bit of a rhythm with these sessions. We have one tricky session then one easier we. We get into conversations about the past in one, then we reflect, process and plan in the next. I must admit I like the fact I get a rest in-between and I…
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Trauma Therapy Session 5: Post Session Day 6: I Didn’t Fail, I Survived.
One of the interesting discoveries I have made through this exploration of trauma therapy is the overarching story I have been telling myself years. I never voiced this opinion, I rarely thought about it, but in every conversation it is there. That subtle narrative the occasional words… my fault, I failed, I should have done……
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Trauma Therapy Session 3, Day 6. Hungry for Happiness.
This blog feels like a messy one to write, on this journey of therapy I am learning so much, but I am also exposing new fears. Lesson 100! I haven’t freely felt emotion for decades… I never knew before starting this journey that I have been constantly holding back. Resisting the drive to feel for…
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Trauma Therapy Session 2: Day 5. Faith without a church.
So that was strange. I went to church for the first time since pre covid and I lasted less than five minutes before I left. Now I know religion is a tricky subject, it means lots of different things to different people. Some people think religion is wonderful, others think it is frankly evil. Religion…
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