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  1. Marty

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    Childhood trauma is complex and takes a unique skilled therapist

    I have been fried by a few therapists

    They used exposure therapy when I was not ready

    Just because you get a psych degree does not make you a therapist

    Knowing when and how to address complex Ptsd is not easy

    Most therapists have book learning and never experienced trauma as a small child

    Our brain development is intertwined with abuse

    Know that three brain organs have been changed

    Our amygdala is larger
    Hippocampus is smaller
    A d left prefrontal cortex is compromised

    Our nervous systems and ability to know past from present is impacted by Ptsd

    We are two people
    One where Ptsd is active

    And a pseudo normal us

    Others do not understand our minds
    Our thoughts

    Our fears

    Our unworthiness

    I feel for your being

    I know childhood still haunts me at 70

    • admin

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      Thank you, Marty. This is so true. I feel so overwhelmed and in a rush to “get better” that I think I rushed into picking a therapist because it is so hard to talk to one person let alone several, but I regret not doing consultations with the other 2 therapists.

      • Marty

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        Not many interview their therapist

        Most are intimidated and would not know a good therapist from a bad one

        I was lost for years

        For PTSD I would find someone who used mindfulness therapy. ACT or DBT

    • admin

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      I need to also consider perhaps taking a break from therapy for a while, but then I will feel like I’m not doing enough. So hard to know what the right decision to make is right now. Trying not to make any major decisions right now when I’m feeling so raw.

  2. Marty

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    Judgments and thoughts are the enemy

    We question everything we do

    Unworthy is at the core we need to change

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