Posted by shadows721 on July 7, 2004, at 19:08:48
In reply to please shadows.....no more flashbacks. » shadows721, posted by B2chica on July 7, 2004, at 10:53:21
B2,
I have been there and I still have problems. I go to sleep hearing that ***'s voice. GEES! Now, I just don't tell everything I remember to my family. I used to, but I learned my lesson the hard way.
It seems the more you run from the memories, the more force they have. I was once told that my memories and flashbacks were to come up only in therapy. HA! I've never had that happen.
My little people (the littles that give memories) work like in a 24/7 Santa Shop. They present themselves like presents anywhere and everywhere but, they NEVER come up in T.
B2, I have read that it helps to write down these things in a journal and close the journal on it. I have read nice children's books before bed. I have literally had to treat myself like a child before bed and it does help.
Check list includes:
Night light
Blanket
Sloothing music
stuffed animal
real living furry animal
medications
children books
journal
flashlight (just in case lights go off :)Creativity does help too. Painting, coloring, exericising, eating right is part of the course.
Has your T worked with you on containment and safe place work? It's part of this trauma work too. There no way but to go through it, but you can have some tools to help it lesson the load.
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