Saturday, October 21, 2017

Therapy and Pain

I asked my therapist if she'd ever seen someone with so much pain.
She did not reply. Just stared at my with sad, not sad, compassionate eyes that could have cried.
I get it. I have a heavy duty amount of emotional and physical pain due to the abuses of three different perpetrators and neglect from one other. I've talked about: the physical abuse, starvation, filth, incest by 3 different relatives, having child porn pictures and films made of me, being part of a small child porn ring, and various incidents of outright torture, all before I turned 10.
Yeah, I have an ungodly amount of pain.
Therapy has been going very well with the usual bumps in the road but therapist and I seem to be on the right track.
So, I've been thinking that we should make it a priority to bring up and discuss one instance of suppressed pain at each session. Basically, find one of the hurt parts of me and ask them to talk about it in therapy. Sounds reasonable.
The processing of memories and flashbacks are just what needs doing to heal. I'm committed to discover who and all that I am. That does mean finding out disturbing situations. It's a huge pile of caca. It really is but it's slowly being dealt with one little piece at a time.
A newly created piece of art work, 4"x4". It's one of those pieces that will always be more powerful when seen in person.
Peace

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