Healing/processing trauma

[ladydoot]

It’s been two months since some childhood trauma was brought to the surface through therapy. Since then I’ve been dealing with really bad anxiety/panic and got depressed because of it. I’ll occasionally have a few good days in a row but then something stressful will bring it all back. I’m basically taken back to intense childhood feelings of fear, abandonment and helplessness.

I’ve been going to therapy, doing yoga, meditation and taking my meds but it’s not always enough.

My question is how do/have you worked on healing trauma. Just talking about my childhood in therapy isn’t working. I feel like there’s a process that I’m missing. I know that these things take time but I feel like life is passing me by and I’m so sick of feeling this way.

Thanks so much.

[Linav_89]

Aloha Ladydoot,

Thank you for sharing! I am working on this myself. I have tried mutiple medications & therapy and it seems to be challenging still.

One step that might help is the process of forgiveness. I am reading a book about forigiveness, its the hidden step alot of people look over when it comes healing from chilhood trauma because anger, resentment, fear, etc. How does one process this right? It starts with forgiveness. Forgiveness of yourself. And forgiveness of others as well and this does not mean you have to be in the life of someone who may caused you harm, its just simply allowing you to process whats happened so that you can be liberated from your past and start the process to move forward. It can be as simply as writing a letter. Through therapy, getting to the root cause of those feelings stemming from childhood. Its a hard process but once you can breakthrough this, you no longer are attached to the suffering.

Also getting connected with people who have been through this process of dealing with childhood trauma, creating community like this site! If there is any I can help, feel free to message me

Have a great day

[ladydoot in reply to Linav_89]

Thanks so much! Forgiveness is one of the only things I feel like I haven’t worked on. Some days I think I have forgiven them but I still get angry at them when I’m feeling horrible. Guess that means I still need to forgive.