“I am a licensed mental health counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist; I appreciate the stories and ownership over the experience, I felt some of the aspects you debated with Elizabeth were important, but some facts were inaccurate and slightly bias. I think you would find healing and validation through somatic awareness, since you mentioned your ptsd symptoms are embodied. I am conducting research regarding trauma and the long-term impact of unresolved adverse experiences and chronic pain, fibromayalgia, etc. I am wondering if chronic illness/chronic pain conditions are common among your network of survivors?
Also, your stories are safe in the counseling field. Research is revealing tremendous paths for healing for mind-body experiences and disorders, and I encourage you to allow the research to happen, I know how important it is to be seen and understood in your context and feeling validated in your identity as survivor. Social psych and individual psych offer limited and outdated perspectives, and if you are interested in learning more, psycho education can actually reduce symptoms, even somatic ones. This is coming from a personal place, I am speaking from my experience with trauma and chronic illness after my brain repressed a near fatal strangulation for 7 years. I wish you the best in your healing journey, it is possible to fully heal and there’s more hope than there ever has been”
kendallspencils via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/11/20