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To Help Heal Trauma, Talk Less, and Write More

 

For a lot of people with Childhood PTSD, talking about traumatic memories can make symptoms worse -- worse than if we were to do nothing at all. Yet talking about the past is the default mode of therapy for virtually everyone who is depressed, anxious or troubled about the past.

It's true that talking can be crucial to emotional healing. But there is a lot of research that supports WRITING as a more effective way to communicate past trauma and relieve symptoms of Childhood PTSD. In this video I give some background on why I so strongly recommend daily writing as a means to heal the brain dysregulation that so often flows from a history of childhood abuse and neglect.

Resources:

You can go more deeply into this topic in my online course, Healing Childhood PTSD.

You can try the two free techniques I use daily to re-regulate here.

I lead several free webinars each month, where I teach those techniques live. You can add your name to a list (to be notified of newly scheduled webinars) here.

If past trauma has created negative patterns in your dating life, learn about my new online course Dating and Relationships for People with Childhood PTSD here.

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Yes! There must be a mountain of research (not to mention anecdotal evidence) that writing is one of the most effective ways to process the emotion from traumatic events, not to mention everyday stresses and worries. While talk therapy has its place and its benefits, it's not always the best approach for recovering from trauma, for the reasons you cite.

From personal experience, I'd caution anyone who's considering writing about a trauma they've experienced, especially if they have not yet completed therapy for that trauma, to have a trusted therapist or friend (or an experienced guide, such as Anna) nearby or on call while they're writing and maybe even for some time after they've completed a writing exercise. I once re-traumatized myself in a major way by writing about an early trauma. Ultimately, this re-traumatization led to me finally getting a proper diagnosis and therapy for said trauma (and others ...), but I would not wish the intervening hell before that therapy began on anyone. So ... yes, write about those traumas, but please take care, be aware of your how you are feeling while writing, and don't go it alone.

Thank you, Anna, for sharing this here. I subscribe to your Youtube channel as well and I appreciate your thoughtful presentations and the fact that you too have "been there".

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