Posted by Twinleaf on October 4, 2014, at 9:23:00
In reply to Re: MIA but back now...Triggers!Possible » Twinleaf, posted by rskontos on October 3, 2014, at 21:30:46
Your recounting of your childhood makes it so clear how very traumatizing it was. And then there were retraumatizing factors in your adult life when love, support and understanding would have been crucial. But there are so many strong points all the way through - as you say, the loving parenting, constructive problem-solving, education and your successful quest to get therapy which would truly help. If I were a therapist, I would definitely want a client with the strengths you have! I do hope the future goes well, and that you have increasing times of joy and self-confidence. But, there's no question - it's a long , hard road.
It has seemed to me that the people who truly do better long- term are the ones who find helpful therapists. Something wonderful happens in our brains - perhaps only a small change - which no medication can ever replicate. It's not that all problems are solved, or that life becomes easy but it seems as if we become more like children who have been understood and loved, and so can find our way more successfully through whatever life brings. I guess that is why I would love to see this part of Babble regain a bit of life!
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