That very request lead to more than one breakthrough in my own healing journey. Every case is unique, but the tool was/is extremely effective for me, on more levels than I can measure, much less count.

Yep, I did this. Mine had me read it three times a day. Eventually he had me rewrite the end of the story so that I was the hero. It's a fairly new form of therapy....my therapist did tell me that. It wasn't easy but in the end it helped a lot. Sort of desensitized me to that particular event. My problem is I have a lifetime of events.

She also said that I have complex PTSD with lot of events all interacting. Some of it involved war; others it involved regular life events like suicide and rape. I hardly see how these later events qualify when compared to actual combat.

I'll comply with her wishes

For what it's worth:
Perhaps the most debated dx in my psych portfolio, "Civilian Shell Shock," came in 1974 from an Army shrink who had developed his theories during several tours in the Viet Nam M*A*S*H* units. His question for his D.O.D. naysayers was, "How is traumatic violence and despair less of a problem in children and civilians who lack combat training and support?"

Anyhoo. . . To quote one of my therapy supporters from the Shell Shock Therapy group this radical thinker put me in, "Rape is rape, whether it happens in a POW camp or a nursery."

Every case is unique and I don't if complying with your therapist's wishes is right for you, or knot, but *I* am looking forward to your updates.

Thor, words do have power. Writing will lead to speaking of the traumas, which hopefully will let the events be more emotionally manageable. I know this technique helped me, especially with shame issues. It's your option to try it or not. Hugs.

I also havee complex PTSD. We worked on one event at a time as not to retraumatize me. Slow and steady. I think you may be surprised at your outcomes.It's different for everybody though. Don't be afraid to communicate clearly if you are not handling it now. You do not want to be retraumatized. Good luck. Hugs.

I hope that it will help Thor.... Getting it out may help the pain lose some of it's power …. Gentle hug.....xo

Yeah, it helped me. I read "Man's Search For Meaning" by Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl and how this writing it out was what he called "logotherapy" and it helped him live a long life into his 90s. It was hard, but I got up to writing 800 pages through therapy, little by little, to get it all out, Thor. Still writing, too.