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[SERIOUS] How do you handle emotional flashbacks? (beehaw.org)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Would you say safety plays a key role?

What you said about your thoughts, I said exactly the same thing to my therapist but I couldn't properly explain it. Acknowledging to read it here.

You must be proud that you're able to continue living in that house.

Have you also had issues being reliable at work?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Safety absolutely plays a role there, there have been instances where I've made brief contact with my abusers and it causes hardcore instability, but that's to be expected in those kinds of scenarios. But otherwise knowing that I'm a safe distance away from them helps so much.

I'm very proud of being able to stay there, especially since I get to live with people i know genuinely care about me and contribute to the healing process.

Work definitely gets affected by it though, I don't have that feeling of safety at my work unfortunately (am publicly trans in a pretty transphobic community) so that stress definitely gets me to fall back into the same feelings and coping mechanism from my previous situation.