Posted by B2Chica on March 4, 2011, at 8:59:40
In reply to the therapy process, posted by lola_2 on March 3, 2011, at 22:30:09
Hi Lola
i've been in therapy well..too long.
but it seems as though you can only go over stuff in past so many times. it's not going to change it. but here's how i see therapy.you need to talk about it long enough so that it becomes stationary in the front of your brain rather than burried. as it is the 'being burried' that causes so many physical symptoms.
Once it is in the front, then you need to learn how to deal with say flashbacks or memories that are disruptive to your everyday life.
once you gain the skills to deal with them. Then you can look at either tapering off therapy, or using it as a maintenance thing (i.e.: going once a month or a couple times a year)
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i'm kinda at your place. i've gone over past over and over and sometimes i get a flashback that is new and i freak and need my T. but i'm learning now that there will always be some flashback that i haven't perfectly described to my T. and i need to learn to live productively around it. to NOT let it disrupt my life.
honestly, i think the hospital outpatient program helped me figure that out better than therapy.*************
and in my experience, there is nothing easy about therapy. it is Very hard work. and it usually gets worse before it gets better. BUT, it DOES get better.***************
and if you need to skip around do it. i would talk to T and tell him/her that you need to address 'said' issue.
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