u/sparklecakesmcgee

I posted previously that SE led me down a dark and scary retraumatizing crisis. I am now on meds.

I love this community and i think its great we can share our stories, tips and experiences.

But has anyone actually found it helps, particulary with cptsd and recurrent childhood/adult abuse?

I would love to hear your experience and if retraumatizing occurred. how long did it take to feel okay and/or are flashbacks still occurring?

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Somatic experience has shown only improvement in one randomized study of 63 folks from 2017 for ptsd but the ptsd lacks definition of "the DSM-5 additions such as the separate "negative alterations in cognitions and mood" cluster and the dissociative subtype".

Please be careful out there. I am advising from personal experience and very negative and life altering retraumatizing experiences.

ive been doing somatic therapy for 5 yrs. hx of abuse and cptsd. w. severe dissociation. i feel a bit betrayed by therapist/SE.

grateful to feel my body but why would i need to come back to my body if its traumatized and i feel unsafe? SE doesnt teach how to deal with the heaviness of the trauma. It feels a bit wreckless to be doing SE with severe physical trauma.

so please be careful, yall.

im on meds now. that shit was scary.