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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 202745" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Hi Jen,</p><p></p><p>It does sound like you've been making lots of good headway in your therapy. It's really tough sledding, but so important to get through...</p><p></p><p>I have been doing a lot of work in my therapy as well, dealing with lots of issues from childhood and the ripple effect they have had throughout my life since then. I too tend to hide from it by dealing with other people's problems instead of my own. I'm the "advice lady" who can't seem to take my own advice.</p><p></p><p>What I've been doing lately that seems to work better than anything else I've tried is to envision a steamer trunk (I call it the tickle trunk, from Mr. Dressup...my favourite show when I was a tiny tot. It was where he kept dress up costumes, craft supplies and all sorts of other stuff). So I open up my mental tickle trunk and root around in it. Dig as deep as I can manage, unpack memories and behaviour and examine them at length. Dress up in costumes (in other words, reframe situations in order to take back the power I didn't have as a small child), make crafts (affirmations of self-love and strength), and things like that.</p><p></p><p>When I've done all I can for a particular session, I pack everything away in the trunk and put it back on the shelf. For the most part I do all of this in my mind, but I have a few objects from childhood that I take out and look at sometimes.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if any of this makes sense, or if it will help you in working through your issues, but it has helped me tremendously. I find that it makes the process much less scary and daunting. </p><p></p><p>Feel free to PM me if you want more info. Hope this helps,</p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 202745, member: 3907"] Hi Jen, It does sound like you've been making lots of good headway in your therapy. It's really tough sledding, but so important to get through... I have been doing a lot of work in my therapy as well, dealing with lots of issues from childhood and the ripple effect they have had throughout my life since then. I too tend to hide from it by dealing with other people's problems instead of my own. I'm the "advice lady" who can't seem to take my own advice. What I've been doing lately that seems to work better than anything else I've tried is to envision a steamer trunk (I call it the tickle trunk, from Mr. Dressup...my favourite show when I was a tiny tot. It was where he kept dress up costumes, craft supplies and all sorts of other stuff). So I open up my mental tickle trunk and root around in it. Dig as deep as I can manage, unpack memories and behaviour and examine them at length. Dress up in costumes (in other words, reframe situations in order to take back the power I didn't have as a small child), make crafts (affirmations of self-love and strength), and things like that. When I've done all I can for a particular session, I pack everything away in the trunk and put it back on the shelf. For the most part I do all of this in my mind, but I have a few objects from childhood that I take out and look at sometimes. I don't know if any of this makes sense, or if it will help you in working through your issues, but it has helped me tremendously. I find that it makes the process much less scary and daunting. Feel free to PM me if you want more info. Hope this helps, Trinity [/QUOTE]
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