Repressed Memories Debated Again
Oh man, this has been on my mind for days. Lately, I've been dealing with some pretty intense pain, anxiety, and just overall fear that came out of nowhere. It's really strange because it feels like these long-buried symptoms of IBS resurfaced right around the same time as when a major accident happened not too long ago. Plus, there's this old trauma from childhood that seemed to be hiding way down deep until now.
So here I am, trying to figure out if something reecnt could have triggered all those memories and physical sensations again. I mean, it hit me really hard for about 15 minutes-just enough time to freak me out before I snapped back to reality. Even while this was happening, I was talking with a close friend who was super understanding and let me just go through whatever was coming up. It's like the whole thing felt surreal, almost as if it happened in some weird pocket of time that doesn't really exist.
This entire episode left me more confused than ever about what's going on inside my head and body.
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I heard it's sometimes called a re-trauma, where something reminnds you of past traumatic experiences and makes you feel like you're going through them all over again, even years later. It can be really hard when little things trigger those feelings.
I just hope whoever this is affecting is doing okay.
Thank you. I hope everything goes well for you.
Hell yeah, I totally feel ya on this! You should definitely check out trauma-based therapy, especially for CPTSD-really helped me when I was going through stuff.
I totally did this thing where I just shoved all my feelings from when I was young under a big rug-like, seriously, emotions were locked away in some far corner of my mind. And now, after like ages and ages of pretending everything was fine, I'm finally starting to get a clue about why I feel off sometimes and how it screws with me on the daily. It's still super tough though; you know, healing is this ongoing battle for me.
Same here! We're both a bunch of copycats.