Thread by @EmilyRowe69

I’m going to make this very brief. As someone who has experienced multiple traumas in my life and now a trauma therapist I want to clear this point up for those out there who’ve never seen a therapist. If you confide in a therapist a terrible thing that has happened to you, if 2/

you have been too afraid of consequence or fearful of judgment by people around you, what you share is not ‘repressed’. There isn’t a magical voodoo wand that is waved over a client. The client discloses because they feel safe. They have been shown unconditional positive regard 3

And this gives them space to share the horrors they have experienced. They know it is safe with you and as a professional, you have the skills to ensure they are not retraumatised by disclosing the activating event. I have been so saddened to see all the mis truths and blatant 4/

Lies been thrown around pertaining to trauma therapy. The idea of having ‘soul’ surgery is an anathema to people who compartmentalise their reality until they present as personality disordered believe they can describe this delicate work as if it’s not credible because they 5/

Are the problem. They their own cruelty, ignorance it malice they ARE the perpetrators who believe the injuries they cause others and subsequent gaslighting is of no consequence. People are ‘things’. To be wives. To iron shirts. To violate. These ‘things’ feel like a dark 6/

Shadow of recognition when they see a comrade fall for similar misdemeanours. It shakes them to the core so they must discredit everyone. From the friends and family to the sewer rats of Twitter to the very profession of therapy. Because we have been told the secrets. We have 7/

Been told of these dark violations you have buried deep in yourselves and proclaim never happened. No one owns the truth. And to deny another person’s humanity by publishing such utter callous tripe as being glad she’s dead in some sick reverse empathy is abhorrent. As a trauma 8

Therapist I can tell you that no 2 sufferers present the same way. For some the symptoms may be depression. Or anxiety. Or an inability to get any traction in their lives. Hyper vigilance. Over thinking and catastrophising. Deep shame and self loathing. Intimacy issues. All 9

Symptoms of trauma. And it usually plays out like a tumbleweed. A trauma survivor loses trust in themselves after trusting the wrong person and ultimately lose trust in the world. And if you can’t trust anyone you can’t see a future. It’s very grim.
To all my fellow survivors 10/

Who have been subjected to the very putrid and public diminishing gaze of the MSM, I see you. My fellow professionals whose life’s work is to support you care about you. You are not alone. Just switch these fucked up rape apologists off. Do not give them any real estate in your

life. Focus on you. Your state. Breathe. Drink lots of water. Grieve. Sleep. You are a survivor and you matter. Together our stories will see this edifice of ageing white make privilege topple.
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