Posted by onceupon on June 25, 2009, at 0:16:12
In reply to Re: trauma and healing, posted by Daisym on June 25, 2009, at 0:09:23
I like the idea of "normal" sadness and "normal" worry.
I remember reading somewhere once (so specific, I know), that "successful" trauma treatment starts with helping people tell their stories, identify what they felt about their experiences at the time, and understand the influence of the trauma developmentally. Something like, "I know that is what happened to me then. This is how I feel about it. Now I feel like this about it. I know it's a part of my past, and influences me, but now I can look to the future."
That's super simplistic, of course, but I guess to me, it spoke to the process and power of storytelling, and integrating past trauma into our current view of the world.
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