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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Judgments and thoughts are the enemy
We question everything we do
Unworthy is at the core we need to change