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⌈ Secret Post #3210 ⌋

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Re: Tips on differentiating between trauma flashbacks and "real" emotions?

[belladonna_took]

I've had some noticeable differences in how I deal with flashbacks since doing CBT (I think the stuff I did was specifically for PTSD). I'm not sure how much it would help if I was having a bad episode or was already emotional about something (it hasn't stopped my panic attacks completely), but part of what I learned about was identifying how I would react to a situation that might trigger symptoms while I was in a calm state and what responses I might have if it brought up other stuff and how I would deal with it.

For about six months before my shrink suggested this, I was doing the exposure therapy stuff. You talk or write about something traumatic and talk about what feelings it brings up. Apparently this is a pretty common thing.
It actually made my symptoms worse. I don't mean worse for a while and then improved, I just mean flat out worse.

I do think going back into therapy is a good idea. I know it helped me a lot, even if it didn't magically fix things.