Are You A Trauma Survivor?
For months, years, or perhaps most of your lifetime, you have been living with this painful secret of something terrible that happened to you. You keep telling yourself if you do not think about it or talk about it, life will get better or the memory will go away. But it does not. The memory of what happened keeps playing through your mind over and over and over and over again like a broken record.
The fear and anxiety ripple through your body without warning and for seemingly no reason at all. Because of it, you stop doing things you enjoy and going to fun places. Friends and family look at you asking what is wrong. You shrug it off and tell them you are fine while deep down you know this is not true.
The nightmares shake you awake and leave you exhausted the next day. Sometimes the thought of drinking yourself to sleep, or perhaps doing so, eases everything just for a short while. But soon again, the nightmares return.
Your family thinks you are just an angry and mean person who flies off the handle for no reason at all. Your kids or partner are scared of you and your anger outbursts. They pull away. You feel terrible. Maintaining relationships feels nearly impossible and you feel defeated trying to have them. It just feels easier to isolate yourself from everyone.
Your mind keeps thinking about negative things. You have stopped finding joy in the simple things in life, like the birthday or special celebration for a loved one. It’s just too hard to go to these events, so you stop going. People stop inviting you. You end up alone. Again, defeated. But, you keep telling yourself if you just do not think about what happened it will go away. And, the cycle begins again.
Does this sound familiar? Are you ready to start living again and being your old self? Click below to schedule an appointment. Still not sure? Keep reading.
What If Life Could Be Different?
Can you imagine what it would be like to use your mental energy for things other than pushing away the painful memories that live in your mind? You could start a new hobby, focus better in a conversation, or simply not be so exhausted.
Can you imagine what it would be like to leave the house without feeling fear or anxiety? You could just enjoy going to a concert in the park, dinner with friends and family, a day at the beach, or a just enjoy a night on the town with your partner….the way it used to be.
A night of restful sleep without the nightmares would make you feel like a million bucks. Just imagine how nice it would be to sleep comfortably in your cozy bed without your sleep being disrupted.
What if you could enjoy being with friends and family? You could have so much fun together….start going on vacations again, laughing until you are crying, enjoying the rollercoaster park rides with friends and family, cuddling with your kids and partner in bed, or shopping until you drop. Life is just more enjoyable being with others.
Stop living in pain alone and defeated. Start enjoying the person you used to be and know. Click below to schedule an appointment with an experienced trauma therapist.
Need to know more? Wondering how therapy can help you? Keep reading below.
In our work together, we are going to dive into really getting to know you. Dr. Mohorovic is going to ask you lots of questions so that she can really come to understand you as much as possible. From there, we are going to talk together about making sense of how you came to suffer in the way you are suffering. In other words, we are going to try to sort out what is contributing to your pain so we can come up with a clear plan of what will help you better.
You are not going to be expected to share a lengthy account of the terrible experiences that have happened to you when we meet. This will be something you can share at your own pace as we work together.
Once Dr. Mohorovic has gotten to know you, she will propose some ideas for your journey to becoming yourself again. Trauma therapy typically proceeds with three phases. The first phases consists of learning about your symptoms and how they affect you. We also talk about how to talk with family and friends about your participation in trauma therapy so they can appropriately support you in this well-deserved journey.
In the second phase, we delve deeply into the skills of trauma therapy that are going to help you feel more like yourself. Some of the skills you will learn consist of examining your thinking about your trauma and how to make positive shifts in your thinking and learning how to talk and think about your trauma in a way that does not emotionally overwhelm you. We are also going to discuss and practice ways you can start confronting your trauma memory triggers in a way you feel safe, supported, and successful.
In the third and final phase of trauma therapy, we practice all the skills you have learned. Dr. Mohorovic begins to challenge and encourage you to do some of the things you have been longing to do, like go to a festival, go on a date, enjoy a meal in a restaurant, or start to build the kinds of relationships you really want to have and deserve.
Ready to get started? Click below to book an appointment.
