Tag: wellbeing
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Trauma Therapy Session 7: Post Session day 2. Not the conversation I was expecting.
Sooner or later I am going to realise there is no value in getting myself wound up about expectations of a conversation because sometimes we end up on a totally different tangent. Today was one of those days. We sign posted last week that we would use the time today to discuss a little about…
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Cold hearted killer or just a working mum. I am glad I ended up as the later.
When I was younger I joined the A.T.C the Air Training Corp, (little kiddie version of the RAF). An amazing opportunity where we got to experience so many things, flying, sports, drill, night exercises. I have so many fond memories of those days. The sense of camaraderie, the exciting new experiences, the crazy endeavours. I…
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Trauma Therapy Session 5: post session day 6 . Facing into the “bad” feelings.
I have learnt over the last couple of months my emotional processing power has been subdued. It has never really reached a normal level of functioning, forced aside by the desire to avoid at all costs the trauma of the past. In this latest session we talked about an event and I thought it would…
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Trauma Therapy Session 5: post session day 2
Wow not really sure what to write. That was definitely a productive session. I am learning these sessions never really go exactly as I expect but that is ok, in fact maybe even good. We started the session reflecting on homework. The homework I was set was to continue to mirror back negative emotion when…
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Four ways to protect your well-being when the world is Going to Sh!t
I appreciate that with lots of uncertainty and turmoil in the world again it is easy for anxiety to get out of hand. Here are some tips to maintain the calm in the storm. Avoid the News This is a hard one but so important. There is so much information freely available these days we…
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Trauma Session 4. Day 5 Debrief.
In the spirit of continuing to share for anyone else out there either navigating therapy or considering it, here is the low down on session Four of trauma work. We didn’t talk about the traumatic events in the last session, we mostly spent the time reflecting on the previous session and some broader considerations. It…
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Trauma Therapy Session 2: Day 1
As is often the case with these sessions before hand I consider all the possible conversations we might have, all the variations of paths we could take and the only thing that is always true, none of my predictions are ever right. It makes me wonder if there is much value in worrying about it…
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Post Trauma Session 1: Day 5. Focus on the good things but don’t avoid the bad.
So the last few days I have been lost in a sea of emotion. Wave after wave overcoming me only to struggle up for air and find another fast behind it. I have toyed with the desire to put it all back in the box and slam the lid shut again. But when I consider…
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Why do we hide parts of ourselves?
I have spoken to a few amazing people this week who have confided in me that there is a part of themselves they actively decide not to share. They are still true to the 80% they do share. They are honest and open, but for that small part they have deemed unworthy or even dangerous…
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Post Trauma Therapy Session 1: Things are often not as bad as you imagine.
So having spent a week doing an amazing job of frankly winding myself up and worrying about this therapy session it was definitely not as bad as I expected. I didn’t slam the laptop shut and walk out of the room. I didn’t throw up (although avoiding breakfast might have helped with that), I didn’t…
Rowan Aderyn 