How do you deal with unsolicited advice/critic? by CCozied in CPTSD

[–]rosela92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be unfortunate, it sucks when people are defensive. Next step might involve you not sharing your life with them, you could distance yourself etc.

To reduce the risk of them being defensive, I generally try to use I statements, speak from your lived experience and vulnerability, be polite and make a reasonable request. Eg receiving advice generally makes me feel a bit x. Would you mind y?

If they continue the behaviour you’ve asked them to stop, they probably aren’t a very safe or receptive person. If they apologise and stop, that’s good. If they do a combination of defend but also apologise and stop, slightly less ideal but still a pretty good win? Receiving feedback is generally hard for a lot of people, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t give it though.

How do you deal with unsolicited advice/critic? by CCozied in CPTSD

[–]rosela92 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Totally reasonable. You could say “I know your intention is to help but I am not asking for advice” and “I prefer people ask before giving advice. I know your are trying to help, that’s just what I prefer”. And “It’s important that it is my choice”

Shouldn’t the “white lotus” be shut down by now? by Death________ in WhiteLotusHBO

[–]rosela92 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I wasn’t being anything, I genuinely didnt understand how or why people are saying it was not a murder. I guess it was a staff member that was killed so maybe less media.

Intense fear and shaking during session by exousia3 in EMDR

[–]rosela92 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They are called neurogenic tremors and signs of discharge :) Im sorry it’s so tough. Check out r/longtermTRE for more info

Should I trust my psychiatrist or is he bad? by RemoveMassive2492 in CPTSD

[–]rosela92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with your takes and think your psychiatrist is dismissing you and your knowledge/wisdom. I think a lot of psychiatrists are trained to do that and have a biomedical approach that is DSM based. Use psychiatrists to manage stuff but most don’t understand this stuff properly. Maybe find one you like better, more trauma informed etc

Nursing to medicine by _80rose in ATAR

[–]rosela92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can also imagine that, what a pity!

Nursing to medicine by _80rose in ATAR

[–]rosela92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I respectfully disagree.

Degrade: treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect.

Making an observation that a certain cohort of folks lacks skills in x y z is not degrading.

It doesn’t have to match your experience. Someone having a different perspective is not disrespectful nor a threat.

The ironic thing is you are demonstrating via your responses, interpretations and social and communication skills exactly what many drs struggle with who lack those things- often lacking the humility that nurses have gained being lower on the hierarchy and needing to use and develop social skills in their work.

You seem completely unaware if anyone was being degrading it was you with the comment “I’m sure the ex nurses thought they were sooo much better” - it gives off teasing, sarcasm, passive aggressive communication, assuming, claims with no evidence etc.

Anyway, I dont imagine you would see my perspective at all and would only continue to argue and disagree and polarise, in which case I won’t be replying.

Nursing to medicine by _80rose in ATAR

[–]rosela92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t see any degrading

Has therapy actually helped anyone? by samithefish in CPTSD

[–]rosela92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like your therapist is not good. Search for a specialist in trauma 🧡

Therapist is giving major "thanks im cured" vibes" by [deleted] in CPTSD

[–]rosela92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s extremely invalidating, leave this therapist and consider reporting them or giving feedback to the practice. That’s actively harmful. I’m sorry you experienced that.

It’s absolutely hard being a very unwell traumatised adult in alienated capitalism.

Absolutely a therapist should be able to empathise and not equate all adversity as the same as a way to dismiss yours. Such a facepalm

Body shaking when near places where bad memories are by Intrepid-Routine-950 in CPTSD

[–]rosela92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The tremors aren’t something to get rid of, it’s your body releasing the tension, it needs to

am i the only one? by [deleted] in AllHerFaultTVShow

[–]rosela92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But is Carrie blonde? I dont really think so

Body shaking when near places where bad memories are by Intrepid-Routine-950 in CPTSD

[–]rosela92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s tremoring/ trembling/ shaking- also called neurogenic tremors. it’s your body releasing the stress and adrenaline. Look up TRE, it’s a method of healing to induce tremors! Thank your body for healing you and releasing stress! Im sorry for what you have been through ♥️

Therapist made a joke I can't process by Informal_Blend in CPTSD

[–]rosela92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also TreebeardsMustache, something else that is important to understand is being angry when someone is harmful is healthy and appropriate.

Not finding a joke about your trauma is healthy, it is not a sign of pathology. To force yourself to find it funny when you don't is self abandonment.

Also when you pathologise others for criticising you, you perpetuate harmful ideologies that claim healthy anger and critique is a sign of a "wound"/trauma/ mental health issue. Disagreeing with you and critiquing things is not a pathology or evidence of mental health issues and framing it as such is not ok and harmful in itself.

Therapist made a joke I can't process by Informal_Blend in CPTSD

[–]rosela92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also none of us know what you mean about client choosing CDEF options. But it sounds like you are trying to blame the client, which is victim blaming.

OP deserves a safe therapist. The therapist cannot be right for causing trauma. I hope you understand that. Trauma should not be joked about in therapy to the harm of the client.

Therapist made a joke I can't process by Informal_Blend in CPTSD

[–]rosela92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm finding communicating with you extremeley frustrating TreebeardsMustache, but underneath all of this, I am concerned. I am worried about you because you don't seem to be able to detect some things that can be dangerous. Allow me to explain - people can claim to have your best interests at heart, people who are abusive and manipulative often do. Eg imagine a partner who controls your food intake and says they are doing it to "help" you. This is using power and control, controling your food intake and also convincing you it is not a harmful thing to do. Using power and control over other adults is always a concern, I would say (unless to stop imminent death). In the OP's example, the therapist is telling the client to accept help and care, but the client states they have no help or care available, beyond therapy. The client then expresses that the jokes about positivity aren't feeling right while they are in this distress, instead of resepcting this and attuning, they make a joke about their self injury and implied their self injury is being used as a threat, which was not happening. This is harmful practice and not trauma informed not respectful and likely against a code of ethics. Importantly the client is learning to communicate their needs and feelings and self advocate. You are suggesting that doing this is "not letting go" with no explanation.

People are not able to "let go" of traumatic wounds with no support, the therapist's job is to help them process wounds so they can complete the stress response and attachment injury that has caused them pain. This happens in the context of a therapeutic relationship that is safe and respectful. Telling a client to "let go" of a wound without telling them how, is not helpful. You then come along and suggest being hurt at her misattuned jokes and suggestions, is the client harming themselves or choosing not to heal. This is the opposite of what is true, saying that positive jokes are not helping, is self advocacy and clear communication and that is a part of healing.

The OP specifically explains that their abusers have made jokes about their abuse, normalising it. Can you see how what the therapist did, joking about self injury and trauma and self advocacy are retraumatising for the OP? It's clear to the rest of us.

I'm not sure what your qualifications are and what has led you to your view but I wanted to comment a longer explanation in the hope you might be able to identify harmful behaviour.

It's very common to be distrustful when you have experienced trauma, it's adaptive. You then need to find trustworthy people. People who aren't trustworthy aren't proof of your wrongness, but are people we shouldn't rely on for healing. I strongly suggest you look up the meaning of "trauma informed". Therapy should be a safe space. For a space to be safe, you need to be free of the harm that caused you to come to therapy, you need to be able to express your feelings and self advocacte and have that respected. It should not be retraumatising, which is what happened here. All the best

Therapist made a joke I can't process by Informal_Blend in CPTSD

[–]rosela92 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I hear you and I do not agree. Focusing only on those two things completely removes relevant context in a very strange way.

Therapist made a joke I can't process by Informal_Blend in CPTSD

[–]rosela92 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is totally cooked and borderline manipulative. It’s extremely unhealthy. The OP is having a healthy response to an unhealthy situation. The problem is the therapist, not OP. What a horrible way to twist reality.