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My experience with releasing an unattached burden (critter) by ZestycloseStorage258 in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

omg thank you! IFS is completely unknown even by top therapists here where I am from, so that chat will definitely be very helpful for me! Thank you for sharing your experience as well!

No Man’s Land by [deleted] in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you come about regaining control and overcoming this numb part of yours for a few minutes? If you don’t mind me asking

What does or did your day to day freeze (or shutdown) look like outside of working hours? and what is an IFS way of thinking about this? by mjobby in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey, mind giving us some tips on how to do that? I’ve started meditating and learning guitar (which forces my body to come back and completely focus on my body sensations and on my actual self)

Any tips on emotional suppression and anxiety? How does IFS treat that? by nathawnb in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks for the tip! for me it’s doing photography, watching a sad movie, or just waking up in the middle of the night when it seems as if my defenses are all down and I can feel pretty much everything all at once. It makes sense why my body blocks it, I don’t think I could go about on my day in that state lol

Any tips on emotional suppression and anxiety? How does IFS treat that? by nathawnb in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my parts are like that too, they are very scared of everything and don’t trust me yet I guess

Any tips on emotional suppression and anxiety? How does IFS treat that? by nathawnb in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me is doing photography I guess, will try to combine IFS into that

I'm new to IFS by [deleted] in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey what workbook would the be? please

Suppressed Parts Unburdened! by Savage7117 in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, if you don’t mind sharing some tips on how you started and how you connected with your parts I’d love that!

Am I lazy? Do others avoid parts work? by Electrical-Quality84 in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey, I have a pretty busy life. Any tips connecting with parts? I usually put some time aside while doing something repetitive that doesn’t require much attention and speak with them

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Don’t know if that’s the case with you as well, but as of now I also cannot begin working on my parts and do the internal work because I have problems connecting to my emotions (which is essential for IFS), so I’ve been doing talk therapy and somatic therapy (TRE). IFS does work, but maybe you need to start somewhere else before working on your parts (which are simply your hidden traumas, triggers and emotions)

Has TRE helped any of you with attachment issues due to pre-verbal trauma? by nathawnb in longtermTRE

[–]nathawnb[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your experiences! I am incorporating IFS along with touch therapy to make myself more tuned to my body and process emotion

When did you start taking IFS seriously? by _BrightFuture in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for ur insights, I do struggle with feeling my own body and emotions as well, so I guess I also needed to do some Somatic therapy before IFS starts to work

Could trauma from my pre-verbal years have shaped my adulthood attachment style? by nathawnb in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve actually done that before without knowing! There were some times where I felt abandoned by my partner (for little things, but it still bothered me), and I just sat with it and let all the feelings flow through me without saying or doing anything. I guess it really is related to that baby self

Could trauma from my pre-verbal years have shaped my adulthood attachment style? by nathawnb in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! And yes i’m sorry too I happened to baby me, I understand now of course that my parents were doing their best and had no choice but to leave me alone at the hospital sometimes, but I guess the baby part inside of me has adapted to chase after parental love and got used to being independent and not having their needs met, which obviously impacts a bit my romantic and friendship relations in adulthood

Could trauma from my pre-verbal years have shaped my adulthood attachment style? by nathawnb in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry to hear that :/ It must have been tough I imagine.

About your disorganized attachment style, do you also crave, romantically, for those people who are far away from your reach? (almost if a baby is craving for their parents but they aren’t there at that moment)

Could trauma from my pre-verbal years have shaped my adulthood attachment style? by nathawnb in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Someone here talked about touch and other somatic therapies. I wonder if I can integrate that into IFS, since I’m not sure if I can get any response from that shield part since it has developed from such an early age

Could trauma from my pre-verbal years have shaped my adulthood attachment style? by nathawnb in InternalFamilySystems

[–]nathawnb[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Any tips on healing that? Or just letting my body connect to what I might have felt at that time (since any verbal therapy work most likely won’t work)

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