Post-traumatic stress disorder
Persistent responses after a traumatic event: re-experiencing, avoidance, hyperarousal and altered mood.
How it shows up
Flashbacks you can’t stop, nightmares, avoiding everything that reminds you, and a body that stays on alert. The crucial thing is that the past isn’t past — the body responds as though it were happening now.
What we do with it in therapy
First stabilisation and safety, only then processing. Where the picture is marked, treatment with a therapist specifically trained in trauma makes sense.
Read more
Preberi več na blogu
See also
Resentment
Anger that was never spoken and so settled — quiet, long-lasting and sour.
Diagnosis in psychotherapy
A description of a difficulty that guides the work — not a label that says who you are.
Trigger
A cue that instantly calls up an old emotional state, although the present situation doesn't call for it.
