YOU’RE READY TO OVERCOME THE PAIN AND FEAR OF YOUR MEMORIES. TO FIND PEACE IN YOUR PAST AND TO TRUST IN YOUR ABILITY TO FIND FREEDOM IN YOUR LIFE.
But the trauma in your life has made you feel like a different person. You’re ready to get to the root of your trauma symptoms, stop being afraid of your intrusive thoughts and focus on the important things in your life. You’re ready for a solution, and you heard that a therapist could help. Before you recognized yourself as a trauma survivor, you felt like a successful person. You had a thriving career and a lot to show for yourself.
You were on your way to building lasting relationships, you felt safe to explore, and you believed you could handle any situation that came your way. You felt entirely able to take care of yourself. Yet, when you started to face your trauma, your world came crashing down. Everything you trusted about yourself disappeared.
So here you are, years after you’ve experienced horror and pain and you’re starting to wonder if you’re ever going to feel like yourself again. Every day is a battle. You can’t stop reliving what happened to you. You can’t shake the awful feelings that come from what you experienced in the past, and your nerves are a wreck every time you have to show up for work, a party, or a date. You don’t negate what happened to you. You now know your trauma has an impact on your life and that it takes time to overcome what you went through. But you don’t want to feel like a victim the rest of your life.
Truly, you want the opposite. To feel in control of your life again and to trust yourself. You know bad things happen no matter how hard you try to prevent them and that you are not invincible; but, that doesn’t mean you can’t have a normal life. What you didn’t expect was how long-lasting the effects of your situation have been. That just when you start to think you’re getting better, something insignificant will trigger your trauma and you feel like you’re right back at the beginning again. And you certainly didn’t expect to lose your identity and become a victim. You’ve been thinking that maybe seeing a counselor could be the missing link.