No ratings.
sometimes help is slow |
I struggle with toxic shame and self acceptance. I've once again made myself unavailable others. One of my biggest fears is to be abandoned again, but it's strange because I abandoned myself. I think it probably hurts just as much. But, I keep doing it. I keep running as soon as any kind of intimacy seems near. As long as I've remained single, I still don't feel ready and able to be an asset to someone elses life. That's where all the overcompensating comes from. If anything, I'd be a liability. Nobody wants that. I don't want that. I started therapy in August. I've been passed through 3 therapists and am just now getting into the EMDR. The results are miniscule and slow. I'm struggling to open up fully. I have a hard time relaxing in the chair with the buzzers. I feel like they feel bad for me. Telling me how resilient I am and that anyone who'd been through what I have would have PTSD also. This isn't what I want to hear. As someone who has a lot of shame and guilt, a soft touch is not comforting to me. I'm trying hard to manage expectations, as they seem to be my downfall. I feel like I want to fight about it. My newest therapist seems to genuinely want to help. She even lowered the cost to $150 an hour for me in good faith. I'm still journaling every day but I lost connection with my younger self a few weeks ago after shadow work. I can't see or hear him anymore. I'm worried about this. I felt like I was making good progress and all of a sudden now I'm stuck. They warned me this might happen. A positive thing would be I've been able to self regulate my nervous system more than a couple times, using the tools I've been given. I'm a little frustrated this week. I feel like I should be doing more and maybe I'm not currently doing my 100% best. I slept all weekend and so I lost that time, and now I have to go to work and start another contract. |