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It's so hard for me to self regulate. Im struggling getting everything done. Why is life so difficult? Plus I never fully heal from the pain from my last relationship. I miss him so much when he's gone. Going back doesn't help either. I feel so lost in life.
This is Bessel van Der Kolk. He wrote the book The Body Keeps The Score. It has changed my life for the better and I can safely say millions for the better, fellow trauma survivors. Please give it a read and do not rush through it even if the topic may not apply to you. This man is a wonderful source of knowledge on how the mind and events in our lifetime (good and bad) can affect our very physiology. The blue book with the figure of a person on it, thats the one. All the best!
I recently bought a body pillow to help me to learn to sleep on my side. I find it comforting and soothing and helping me to sleep better. Now i understand I'm soothing my trauma. ❤ Thank you. Also explained why i felt sexual feelings for a guy who gave me a great hug even tho i didn't know him well. I really loved the hug at the time. However, afyer i attached to him in an unhealthy way.😮
As a BPD diagnosed person, Marsha did sell me the idea of "lets do this, it will hurt but when you finally get to the top of the ladder, the horrible pain finally will end." ❤ Lets focus on effectiveness and wise mind. ❤
I've been rejected by women all my life. I'm now 75. Rejection saps confidence, induces resentment, jealousy, bitterness, low self esteem - and loneliness. It affects every aspect of one's life including working life - as it did in my case. I feel worthless. For me it's been the worst thing in my life - and I've had cancer!
Did this exercise for the first time briefly. Am on the edge of terror, despair, frozenness. Will continue to try this exercise off and on, today and tomorrow especially.(Summer Solstice today 20/06/24; Full moon tomorrow; triggering happening on the property I live on)
Such simple things and I realise I do these all the time spontaneously myself. When we are in our body we do this naturally ourselves because we are attuned and our body always communicates about what we need. Holding self and letting the emotions flow is one of the best Inner child work/healing work you can do. Not running away but holding yourself through them and giving yourself love and reassurance and the words that you always needed. You do this often and your grown body will start to feel different. More present and alive. May everyone who reads this find their inner support to help them heal themselves and find the deeper meaning to their life experiences and find utter peace about their past. ❤️
I have a question about NARM. I have cptsd, abuse amnesia/dissociation, anxiety, and depression. I've been in sessions for 2 months. My therapist starts out by asking what I want for myself, then has me talk about what I'm going through, with the pauses to sit with the feelings. Just when I am the most emotional and upset and at the topmost branch of the trauma tree, the session ends, he recaps what happened and it's over. I'm left with all the feelings and flooding and no way to get back down, no direction or guidance. Then I take a shower and nap, and am very sensitive and extra reliant on my service dog for a few days. Is that how NARM is supposed to go?
Very interesting, thank you! Engaging with others....well, it does make a lot of sense now that I used to enjoy Aikido and still love horseback riding. Plus interacting with horses in general.
