Complex PTSD: Healing and Beyond: February 2020

Regarding my EMDR posts:

My reason for posting reports as I go through EMDR treatments is to demystify the process. For me, EMDR seems to do what it is said to do--it "defuses" the emotional distress surrounding old trauma material and helps me see new possibilities. I can remember the events, but they do not now distress me as much as they used to. The preparation work I have done, and am still doing, in Ego State Therapy has helped a lot to control my PTSD symptoms and to make my life much more enjoyable. I am now, at the age of 74, beginning to see that I have a future, a future life that I really want.

Before getting help this time, I was at the point of not wanting to leave my apartment because it seemed that when I was "out in the world," I was being constantly triggered and having flashbacks and other debilitating PTSD symptoms. But I'm a fighter, and I decided to get help. Why let the abusers of my past have so much power over me in the present and future?

If you are willing to do the work, you, too, can have a brighter present and future. With careful research, you can find a competent and compassionate therapist who will help you heal from past abuse. It's worth the work! If finances are a problem, please read the post listed under "Financing Therapy" in my topics list. It may give you some ideas as to where to look for funding. Don't give up! As the Brits said during WWII, "Keep calm and carry on!"

For More Information . . .

To contact me directly, send a message to jeanfairgrieve15@gmail.com. For more information about the earlier portion of my therapy and how I have reduced my PTSD symptoms without the use of medication, please see my previous Google blog: http://relievingptsdsymptoms.blogspot.com/ Also, I have a WordPress blog that no longer is accessible to me but that contains more recent posts than those on the blog mentioned above: http://relievingptsdsymptoms.wordpress.com/ In addition, I have a website that contains some more general information, tells my story, and has information about Ego State Therapy and abuse in general: www.jfairgrieve.com. My website also contains links to reliable articles on the topic of PTSD and therapy. I am not a mental health professional; I'm just a writer who is trying at age 73 to heal my C-PTSD. Blessings and peace to you . . .

Complex PTSD: Healing and Beyond

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