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PTSD and writing about it - good idea?
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 403535" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Well, I have lots of issues with ptsd and trauma but Im not a writer at heart. I do sometimes blurt stuff out on here or in emails but I dont think that is the same thing. </p><p></p><p>Personally I dont think burying stuff is good because it has a way of coming up at some point. I have found that I have remembered things that happened to me that I had stuffed but when something else happened...that memory came out. It was helpful that I was in therapy at the time. </p><p></p><p>I think maybe the best idea would be to write on a general level and then see if maybe you could go back and do revisions as you feel ready to tackle more intense issues. Kind of like say...Well in third grade I was 8 and went to Mrs Parkers class and we lived on peach street. Nothing more. When you are ready...you could go back and say...well...when I was 8, something else a bit worse was going on...or maybe something better. Dont know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 403535, member: 1514"] Well, I have lots of issues with ptsd and trauma but Im not a writer at heart. I do sometimes blurt stuff out on here or in emails but I dont think that is the same thing. Personally I dont think burying stuff is good because it has a way of coming up at some point. I have found that I have remembered things that happened to me that I had stuffed but when something else happened...that memory came out. It was helpful that I was in therapy at the time. I think maybe the best idea would be to write on a general level and then see if maybe you could go back and do revisions as you feel ready to tackle more intense issues. Kind of like say...Well in third grade I was 8 and went to Mrs Parkers class and we lived on peach street. Nothing more. When you are ready...you could go back and say...well...when I was 8, something else a bit worse was going on...or maybe something better. Dont know. [/QUOTE]
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