What even is “processing trauma” like im sorry thats a magic phrase that makes 0 sense to me
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idk what othr people mean by it but i view it as finding a meaning framewokr for the Bad Thing such that it is a meaningful bad thing that has an important function and place in you, e.g., that you wouldn't give it up if you could
This is the cognitive approach, the other more “embodied approach” is akin to diving into the feeling & riding the wave to its conclusion. Almost like you were downloading a new experience & the intensity of the trauma overloaded the system - you can then dive back in & finish
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e.g. in allowing yourself to feel it fully, it runs its natural course & you realize you have the capacity to endure it. Which shifts you from victim to empowered.
I’m more inclined toward finding useful cognitive framing, but the approaches hit different
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