What I mean by that is do you have trouble letting go of painful memories / arguments/debates. I do and its affecting my life. If so how do you cope and stop winding yourself up over stupid things.
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I have exactly the same problem. Although it’s not so bad now I’m on medication. Are you still leaning to come off of antipsychotics in the near future?
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Seeing a therapist, to help process the emotions of painful memories / arguments / debates, will help. I did EMDR with my therapist, for past sexual abuse. It helped quite a bit.
And I know it sounds cliche, but time will help heal your internal wounds. The more time that passed since the traumatic events, the less they affected me. I used to have panic attacks every day. Now, I think it’s been like a year since I’ve had a panic attack.
So, work with a therapist. When you schedule, tell them what specifically you need help with, so that they can schedule you with a therapist who is experienced with your particular problem.
You got this.
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I have trouble letting certain things go. One thing that helps me is closing my eyes, and picturing it on a raft floating away
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Therapy with a therapist when I can, using therapy books when I can’t. I have a large library of therapy books that I repeatedly revisit. This stuff doesn’t go away on its own.
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Been in therapy for a near solid three years. We are just starting EMDR.
I am over a lot of stuff save for the (insert horrible description here) that used me like a piece of meat at 10 years of age. That’s gonna take a little longer to get over.
-S
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Yes. Rumination is often a problem for me. Sometimes I’m like a dog with a bone! I’ve done a bit of training in Zen mindfulness, and that helped. I basically try and pull my mind back to the present when I catch myself ruminating. I can focus on something as simple as breathing, and the noises around me, or I try and think of a song I really like. It’s easier to detach if I notice it early, and I’m not knee deep in angry thoughts. Too much time alone also causes more ruminating.
Same here. I’ve managed to reduce it from carrying around to a full set of luggage to just a carry-on filled with resentments now. Keep trying to see if I can shrink that to a man purse at some point.
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You paint a very real and to the point picture.
We’re survivors though and we can handle more BS than most of the normies and such.
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Hi yes I am I still have hope that I will become better
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So do I. Hope is all we have sometimes.
I never let anything go. Only I can’t hold onto everything, so some things fall off. I still think I’m unworthy. I’ve never mentioned it to a therapist. I start a new therapist in two weeks. Every now and then I’ll forgive someone. Or else the emotion just dies.
I have a lot of trauma so ya. I just accept it and try to move on, really. Nobody believes it, I guess.
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