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arfie
arfie

proof still unavailable, but i have grown to trust the memory that the term, "social distancing" really was a term commonly used in my early psychotherapy in the 70's. i believe i had "the social distancing skills of a child prostitute" and unlearning those skills was an essential part of escaping my birthright. having that phrase reemerge as a marshal law mandate might have been the most mind-fucky part of corona's crowning back in march, 2020. the child sex traffickers have taken over the world, at last?


fast forward to 2020, year 3 and i find myself wondering if i should seek the balance between the extremes. social distancing harsh enough to allow me to survive child prostitution is a bit much, but social distancing just far enough to take what i like and leave the rest could be a good thing.


am i making sense? it's so hard to tell fact from delusion in the midst of a psychic fog. reality checks needed.

Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
I don't come at if from your specific childhood experience, arfie, but as you know I had another rather extreme childhood experience of 6 years of combat from 9-15 in a war zone that this pandemic has brought back to me.

I'm finding life in this pandemic, with its lockdowns and surges and closing and opening of schools, to be eerily familiar. So I'm looking to my own PTSD therapy to what we sorted through there that could be useful in terms of social skills for getting through this, too.
Full_of_hope
Full_of_hope
Oh wow, I didn't know that about the term 'social distancing'. I'm sorry you're being triggered on a daily basis. Personally, I've been molested so many times I can't stand it when people are too touchy feely when you barely know them. I need to work on setting boundaries but i go into Freeze mode when it happens. The older I get the more easily I'm triggered into emotional flashbacks. It sucks. My heart goes out to you.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
What a trigger this must be for you over and over again Arf... Huge hug of support sweetie.... I am so sorry to read what these words must be a constant reminder of...... xo
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