Posted by Wittgenstein on December 20, 2007, at 2:16:04
In reply to Introduction with a ?, posted by ladybugsmom on December 19, 2007, at 15:19:39
Hello Ladybugsmom!! Welcome to babble :)
I too browsed the boards for quite a while before I started posting. Well done for taking the plunge. It sounds like you have a very supporting T.
As for your question, my coping strategies are rather primitive I'm afraid. I tend to dissociate, retreat into myself, shut the outside world out, which pretty much puts everything on hold when I'm in this way of mind. It makes me untouchable but also untouchable by those trying to help me.
HappyFlower (you may have read some of her posts) posted a month or so ago about her safe place. Like you, it took a long time for her to find a safe place (which was essential for her when she started doing EMDR) - in the end she saw a painting hanging in her T's office of a wood scene and she imagined herself there.
I hope you find Babble a helpful place.
Witti
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