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Hey Bro Vet, It works like that for me. Years and years I’ve spent running from it, so when I finally do talk about it, seem like I can’t turn it off. I think it’s just part of the "healing" process? Sort of like Nancy said, once you can wrap your heart around the reality of what you lived, then it becomes easier. Best of luck. kat "Bro Vet" <HermanoVetr…@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:7624-3B2F2D89-78@storefull-291.iap.bryant.webtv.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I saw the Vet Center therapist today and talked about VN. At the time it > felt good to tell someone why I thought I felt depressed, but tonight I > haven’t been able to stop remembering what we talked about. Is it > unusual for the theraputic process to trigger this kind of response? I > always thought it was supposed to do the opposite. > BroVet
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in article MQJX6.5811$F42.110…@newscontent-01.sprint.ca, Rudolph Berthold at rberth…@canada.com wrote on 6/19/01 6:54 PM: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I know exactly what you mean Bro – sometimes therapy ’stirs’ up stuff for me > too and it takes a bit for it to settle back down again, I can’t sleep, a > lot of anxiety, and have cramps and nausea afterwards > the therp taught me some relaxation techniques to do several times a day to > maintain a sense of calmness, it is hard (like any new skill) to learn, it > helps a bit > — > RB > Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, > quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior > "Bro Vet" <HermanoVetr…@webtv.net> wrote in message > news:7624-3B2F2D89-78@storefull-291.iap.bryant.webtv.net… >> I saw the Vet Center therapist today and talked about VN. At the time it >> felt good to tell someone why I thought I felt depressed, but tonight I >> haven’t been able to stop remembering what we talked about. Is it >> unusual for the theraputic process to trigger this kind of response? I >> always thought it was supposed to do the opposite. >> BroVet
MAN! this PTSD sure hits home in many of the same ways for all of us eh!? I’ve recently found conceling, and realized I have PTSD, and all of a suddon, I am having night mares! I wonke up 3:30am this morning due to a night mare……..I normaly don’t remember dreams, let alone be frightened by them, I woke up bawling! Cherri
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Hi Bro Vet, >>haven’t been able to stop from remembering what we talked about<< whew!! i’ve been there too–phase of sort–skeletons, out in the closet…talked about stuff that alleviate depression, i assumed that my *psyche* went on hard–drive…overwhelmed that i was able to come to grip about my condition and able to whip the triggers with therapist aside, affirming what you’d accomplished in healing…therefore, the thinking process could get stuck, so there was memory recalling that event…it was like~> flashbacks sort of in a positive way, i’m ((o+o)) wondering if the brain is readjusting in terms of healthy–+–attitude melted down trauma–neg. episode—lol—systematic<+>desensitization~> gradually, going to fight back phobia or revisiting painful memory from past then get the courage to face the facts and talk about it…hope my in– put here from my practice–healing, would not be a joke but a challenge to poke at…shall i have made someone confused, i’m sorry ’cause i am only human…trials+errors serve purpose,eh?!! take care <+> ’cause you’re precious~>healing, leah y.
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I know exactly what you mean Bro – sometimes therapy ’stirs’ up stuff for me too and it takes a bit for it to settle back down again, I can’t sleep, a lot of anxiety, and have cramps and nausea afterwards the therp taught me some relaxation techniques to do several times a day to maintain a sense of calmness, it is hard (like any new skill) to learn, it helps a bit — RB Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior "Bro Vet" <HermanoVetr…@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:7624-3B2F2D89-78@storefull-291.iap.bryant.webtv.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I saw the Vet Center therapist today and talked about VN. At the time it > felt good to tell someone why I thought I felt depressed, but tonight I > haven’t been able to stop remembering what we talked about. Is it > unusual for the theraputic process to trigger this kind of response? I > always thought it was supposed to do the opposite. > BroVet
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I saw the Vet Center therapist today and talked about VN. At the time it felt good to tell someone why I thought I felt depressed, but tonight I haven’t been able to stop remembering what we talked about. Is it unusual for the theraputic process to trigger this kind of response? I always thought it was supposed to do the opposite. BroVet
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Hi Bro Vet! > I saw the Vet Center therapist today and talked about VN. At the time it > felt good to tell someone why I thought I felt depressed, but tonight I > haven’t been able to stop remembering what we talked about. Is it > unusual for the theraputic process to trigger this kind of response? I > always thought it was supposed to do the opposite.
It takes time for my heart to believe what my mind is telling me. For some of us, it takes a long time (sometimes months or years) for my heart to wrap itself around my mind’s decisions and realities. I think that’s typical of PTSDers. :/ Taking the ‘time out’ to let my heart and my mind synchronize is essential for my recoverying. YMMV Smile and there will be something to smile about! Nancy
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Bro Vet wrote: > I saw the Vet Center therapist today and talked about VN. At the time it > felt good to tell someone why I thought I felt depressed, but tonight I > haven’t been able to stop remembering what we talked about. Is it > unusual for the theraputic process to trigger this kind of response? I > always thought it was supposed to do the opposite.
It’s a difficult situation when therapy starts to feel like that. I find when thoughts are repeating themselves that there is something there that my subconscious wants me to pay attention to. I try to limit the time that I send on those thoughts. One tip that’s been helpful at times is to give myself a time limit of an hour. When those thoughts aren’t resolved, I find something to distract myself for an hour. I found that making thoughts go away isn’t always easy. Sometimes talking about them is even better. So many times I’ve been stuck in a loop, and until I heard someone else’s perspective, I just sunk deeper and deeper. This is an incredibly supportive group. Even when people don’t have the perfect solution to a problem, they are on board to let you know they relate, or are just here to listen.
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