Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Managing the Emotional Storms!
How Some People Intuitively Develop Healing Methods
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How Safe Spaces Alleviate Shame in Post-Traumatic Stress
A woman in her 40s attended her first therapy session. At first, she was vague about her reasons for coming, but then admitted to feeling anxious and attributed it to her work. I could see she was avoiding something that was bothering her. I thought she might feel shame about discussing the Trauma she had experienced. She decided to seek therapy because one of her close friends died. She had felt so alone when she met someone who was a good friend. It was so unique, and the loss ran deep.
How empathy creates safety
Empathy fosters safety by creating trust and promoting open communication. It allows people to feel comfortable voicing concerns and reporting potential hazards without fear of judgment, ultimately leading to a more proactive approach to identifying and addressing safety issues within a workplace or community. When people feel understood and valued, they are more likely to speak up about safety concerns and past traumatic situations.
Empathy also allows people to discuss the past at their own pace. Trauma is usually a horrific event or situation that has happened to someone. It is an act that has hurt a person. Usually, a person who has been traumatized has no control over what has happened to them. Creating a safe, empathic environment must allow the traumatized person to have control over talking about what has happened to them.
The Discussion of Trauma
As our work continued, the client felt safer and less ashamed. She began to discuss the Trauma she endured as a young child. She grew up as an only child living in chaos. Her father was an alcoholic, and her mother had bipolar disorder.
Daily, she experienced yelling, screaming, domestic violence, and child abuse. She had felt so overwhelmed by her house of horrors that she dreaded coming home from school. Not only did she feel severe anxiety about her home, but she also felt lonely. As an only child, she had no one to discuss the difficulties she experienced at home.
The Inspirational Journey of Intuitive Healing
While living at college, she finally felt some peace in her life. She wo
She was determined to put herself through school and felt much better in the calm of her dorm and apartment. She was able to make some friends. However, she realized she could not return home. So, from then on, she separated herself from her parents. Unfortunately, she could not bring herself to have a relationship. The Trauma between her parents was so bad that she felt she would end up in a hostile relationship. She felt more at peace. She also began trauma therapy, which she did in several small bits at a time.
In her 30s, she decided to become a Buddhist. She found that mindfulness and meditation were even more healing. She befriended two monks, who spoke softly and continued feeling peaceful. Being a Buddhist was also very healing and serene for her. Her intuition led her to people and ways of life that helped her feel content in her life.
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