Why is it so hard to heal from the effects of past trauma?

Sept 16, 1994 a little before day brake. I had just left home

in a semi and drove just under 2 miles when a young man

came running at me out of the fog and darkness. I almost

turned my trailer over trying to miss him. Then he leaped into

the path of the truck. I don't mind talking about it. Sometimes

we have to get it off our chest before we can get it off our

mind. I don't think this is the appropriate place to discuss

anymore how I was able to deal with it in a healthy manner.

Email me and I,ll be glad to explain. What was your trauma?

Why is it so hard?

Well think about how your brain works. How much time to you spend trying to remember and learn things? From the day you are born you begin experiencing life and your brain stores this information so you can learn from it.

Unfortunately, we'd like to forget some things so that we can get passed them and heal. It is very difficult and depending on the trauma it may take a very long time or it may never fully leave you.

So rather than wondering when the pain will be gone, it is better to learn how to move along and cope. No one should have to endure a trauma, but it is a part of life for all of us. Allow this hurtful experience to help you develop as a compassionate person. Allow it to make you stronger so that later on in life you may be able to help someone else...you may be able to comfort them because you have experienced something similar.

There can be a silver lining to every dark storm cloud, sometimes it's just not to easy to see. But you need to hold on to all of the beautiful things in your life, too. And I pray you have more good in your life now and to come in the future, that you will find this past trauma doesn't hold a candle to the past. =o)

A trauma is an event that makes a huge impression on us. It is not something you can forget (like some simple moments in life that have nothing special, and sometimes you forget them). Traumas can't be forgotten. Remembering it very clearly is your organism's way to prevent it from happening again, so it's a defense system, completed by the fear that memory produces. The post trauma effects are usually fear, anxiety, losing trust in people... depending on what the trauma was. But usually fear and anxiety appear in all types of traumas, and they are our defending system

Regarding "mental junk" ..as a long-time holistic practitioner and psychotherapist, I will suggest you secure someTranspersonal Psychotherapy (in general), but Ericksonian hypnotherapy and Emotional Freedom Technique (derived from Trans-Field Therapy), for quick resolution of much of this pesky stuff, including phobias, complexes, obsesssive-compulsive disorder and PTSD. This stuff really works. If a practitioner does some spinal manipulation, then psychotherapy, and--finally--EFT, the results are sometimes very dramatic. Why? Because you're approaching the problem from the somatic (physical), neurological, emotional and energy levels. This is a potent four-pronged strategy. Keep in mind that nothing will work, unless you intend to recover. It takes motivation.

..... it depends on the the depth of the trauma, and the persons pyschological make-up, whether or not they have a tough mind....... or what have you......... whether outside contributing factors caused further set-backs or destructions in the healing process..... whether or not they had supportive people around them to help them heal, what kind of family enviornment, friends...... et cetera

some wounds just never heal.... that's life.

Hello again. Unfortunatly, one of the affects of PTSD is that we develop behaviors that contribute to stress. Our brains are physically changed because we 'learn' to feel more stress. We can recover, but re-learning habits takes about a year.

I recommend a diciplined approach to spiritual meditation, where you become 'still' and listen. With practice, it becomes easier and easier and a new light will come into your life. There are books and info available, e-mail me if you wish.

I call them mental scars. there gone but they never completely go away. It what ever happened was that bad then yeah your going to remember it from time to time. Its something you have to live with for a while.

because it becomes an emotional memory, so we don't just remember what happened we also "remember" the feelings that came along with it

its called permanant memory implant i think and that means its going to take a lot of time to get over.