No TV, no radio, nothing. Just drinking our tea and focusing on balance.
We're really trying to take things in small segments. Set aside the triggering stuff, and just deal with small bits and pieces. The hard part is that you try to do that and fight symptoms all day long. Like all trauma survivors, different things come to mind:
Am I always going to be stuck with this?
Does any therapist really know what they're talking about?
Have I been totally robbed of any happiness in my life because of something that's not my fault?
Odds are none of the above are true. However, that still doesn't mean that those concerns don't come to mind at various times.
At times there's lots of emptiness. Millions of flashbacks bombard us and sometimes we don't know where we are. You try deep breathing, holding onto solid things and other grounding techniques. Despite all of that, maybe that doesn't work. What do you do then?
More tea and then time for some meditation on the balcony.
Since there's no instant cure for trauma, how do you deal with it? Break it down into small increments so it feels "manageable".
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