For the last year or better whenever I am stressed or have highly emotional experiences I find myself being brought back into my wartime memories, flashbacks, emotions and perspective.
I was having a conversation the other day with someone close to me about the possibility that my wartime trauma may be getting in the way of healing from my childhood traumas. She suggested that I have a pattern of submerging myself within my wartime trauma to avoid healing from my childhood trauma. I talked to my therapist yesterday about my childhood issues and as we talked she commented that it appeared I had done a lot of work in that area. I was pleased to have her discern the 18 months of therapy that I spent on the topic. I do have more work to do in this area, but I think that my wartime trauma gets in the way of my recovery today.
My therapist and I made a deal to begin processing my wartime trauma with Acceptance Commitment Therapy and EMDR in conjunction. My part of the deal will to work on responsibility for my sobriety...my last drink was April 14, 2010. During November and December of last year I began drinking again during those two months and again last month the once. More on this in my next post.
Read the complete post at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PtsdASoldiersPerspective/~3/VDxQuaRoSGQ/wartime-trauma-versus-childhood-trauma.html
Posted
May 07 2010, 02:28 PM
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PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective