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Like many people in the world, I carry a notable amount of trauma. In the past several months, I have made a great deal of progress in better understanding the source of this trauma and will soon embark on a period of deep trauma work with the guidance of a professional therapist.
As I have started uncovering more and more about my own trauma, however, I have noticed an increase in triggers due to some patterns of past trauma being recreated in my place of work. I am just coming out of a period of experiencing a marked increase in symptoms of physical distress and even mild depression in response to these triggers, and am concerned that recent and ongoing changes in my place of work will put me at risk of additional injury that will be counterproductive to the healing process.
In an ideal world, I’d be able to take an extended leave and really focus on the trauma work…but, as it is, I need to continue to earn a living (my job does provide the insurance that enables me to receive counseling, for one) and, unfortunately, in an environment that is becoming increasingly damaging to my mind, body, and spirit. My instinct is to arm myself with tools and techniques for de-personalizing and detaching from what goes on at work as much as possible while continuing to put in a respectable effort (now is not the time to try and go above and beyond). But I am not sure what the most effective tools and resources would be to do this.
Does anyone have experience with doing deep trauma work while needing to stay in a situation that continued to cause injury (such as a job, relationship, etc.)? How did you arm yourself so that you could do the work you needed to do in spite of the challenging environment(s)?
As I have started uncovering more and more about my own trauma, however, I have noticed an increase in triggers due to some patterns of past trauma being recreated in my place of work. I am just coming out of a period of experiencing a marked increase in symptoms of physical distress and even mild depression in response to these triggers, and am concerned that recent and ongoing changes in my place of work will put me at risk of additional injury that will be counterproductive to the healing process.
In an ideal world, I’d be able to take an extended leave and really focus on the trauma work…but, as it is, I need to continue to earn a living (my job does provide the insurance that enables me to receive counseling, for one) and, unfortunately, in an environment that is becoming increasingly damaging to my mind, body, and spirit. My instinct is to arm myself with tools and techniques for de-personalizing and detaching from what goes on at work as much as possible while continuing to put in a respectable effort (now is not the time to try and go above and beyond). But I am not sure what the most effective tools and resources would be to do this.
Does anyone have experience with doing deep trauma work while needing to stay in a situation that continued to cause injury (such as a job, relationship, etc.)? How did you arm yourself so that you could do the work you needed to do in spite of the challenging environment(s)?
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ray:t2:With you on your journey