Hey, friends, A couple of folks have dropped me emails and comments recently thanking me for being open (now and in the past) about my diagnosis of bipolar disorder and c-PTSD, and for talking about coping mechanisms. First, I said this privately but I’ll say it again: you’re welcome.
Truth, every word. For me, therapy is the work of cleaning out infected psychological wounds so they can heal -- it will hurt while you're doing it, but you'll feel much better for having done it. I'm also scarred -- the wounding happened, therapy doesn't take that away -- but I'm no longer contorting myself to keep the wounds from being touched. (Fwiw, I have c-PTSD and depression.)
I can't thank you enough for writing this post for my own efforts at going through therapy and having a diagnosis of CPTSD myself. Thank you for helping us out here.
Therapy is work, but it's worth it.
Truth, every word. For me, therapy is the work of cleaning out infected psychological wounds so they can heal -- it will hurt while you're doing it, but you'll feel much better for having done it. I'm also scarred -- the wounding happened, therapy doesn't take that away -- but I'm no longer contorting myself to keep the wounds from being touched. (Fwiw, I have c-PTSD and depression.)
I can't thank you enough for writing this post for my own efforts at going through therapy and having a diagnosis of CPTSD myself. Thank you for helping us out here.
You're such a mensch for writing this very personal post. Thanks: it is very clarifying and helpful to me.