• mrcleanup@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Maybe. One way to process trauma is to re-visit it until it becomes more familiar and less of an extreme experience. Seeing it in your mind may make it more real, but it also means you can just picture a teapot instead if you need to get away from it.

    • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Seeing it in your mind may make it more real, but it also means you can just picture a teapot instead if you need to get away from it.

      Thaaaaat’s not how trauma works. If you could just distract yourself, the trauma wouldn’t be nearly as much of an issue.

      The problem is being forced to relive a horrible memory despite your will or not.