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I hope nobody minds this. If you do just let me know and i will not post about a journal entry again.
I am working through the workbook, The PTSD Workbook, and one of the exercises is to write about your trauma for 20min a day for 4 days. The book does not say to make the journal public, but it does not say not to either. I just feel like I have been so secretive about what has happened to me, and its that secretiveness that has done so much damage in my life. I want to be able to let it out some kind of way. I find it easier to write about it here in this forum with yall, for two reasons. Yall have been through a similar experience, so you understand better than most, and I still maintain a small amount of anonymity. I am working on being able to actually say these sort of things face to face with my therapist. Hopefully at some point I will be able to talk about it with some of my friends.
Anyway, If yall dont mind, I would ask if some of you could read my most resent journal post about the PTSD exercise, and let me know what you think.
Again, I do not want to be a burden or unnecessarily knock someone elses post off of the top of the board, so I will never do this again if you dont want me to.
Thank you.
I am working through the workbook, The PTSD Workbook, and one of the exercises is to write about your trauma for 20min a day for 4 days. The book does not say to make the journal public, but it does not say not to either. I just feel like I have been so secretive about what has happened to me, and its that secretiveness that has done so much damage in my life. I want to be able to let it out some kind of way. I find it easier to write about it here in this forum with yall, for two reasons. Yall have been through a similar experience, so you understand better than most, and I still maintain a small amount of anonymity. I am working on being able to actually say these sort of things face to face with my therapist. Hopefully at some point I will be able to talk about it with some of my friends.
Anyway, If yall dont mind, I would ask if some of you could read my most resent journal post about the PTSD exercise, and let me know what you think.
Again, I do not want to be a burden or unnecessarily knock someone elses post off of the top of the board, so I will never do this again if you dont want me to.
Thank you.
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I am so sorry
I would honestly say I am not yet able to do such an exercise without being present with my therapist to EMDR it and take the emotional charge out it, as I read your journal entry.
I am so sorry you experienced any of that. I believe you wrote it very well, expressing the emotions you felt, as well as the emotions you were aware the perpetrator exhibited.