I think healthy therapy aims to work towards independence for the client. I do not doubt that theoretically, most practitioners would agree with this, though the reality is often very different.
Regret can haunt you; it can make you miserable, it can keep you locked in the past, and, simultaneously, project itself into the future in an attempt to make up for the past.
Trauma activates your fight or flight responses. It causes your survival responses to be turned "ON".
Having Post-Traumatic Stress means that you can’t hold and process the surplus of emotional charge, and therefore you are not healing.
Anxiety is often present when suffering from complex PTSD and trauma.
If healing from Post-Traumatic Stress is one of your objectives, I think it is wise to think carefully about what you are exposing yourself to on a daily basis.
Healing Post-Traumatic Stress is complex, and it is easy to get lost in where to start and how to approach it.
Excessive thinking is often a symptom of post-traumatic stress and it tends to take over and go round and round on itself.
Exploring with Dr. Art O'Malley the nervous system's responses in dissociation and freezing related to PTSD.
Complex trauma, or developmental trauma, often spans a period in time and can involve sexual, physical, and psychological abuse.