Adult thumb sucking & what it means.. Emotional abuse and identity & Dealing with PTSD triggers
Added 2016-12-10 20:21:43 +0000 UTCEmotional Abuse Video: https://youtu.be/A5fw-IT_phU
4. #KatiFAQ could you please talk a little about adult thumb sucking? What it says to you about the client as a therapist of what it suggests? Or why I can't stop? Thank you x x (have a past of sexual abuse and I'm sure it's stemmed from there, if not a little earlier in my childhood) x x it's put a strain on past relationships too. X x
5. I have a question, i was wondering is it possible to be so ingrained with your mental health illness/negativity that you end up being that way, i.e. growing up being told by family and relatives that you are lazy or stupid etc that you feel that way emotionally and/or physically.
6. I think I want to ask your thoughts about reacting to and identifying the cause of an unexpected trigger.
I sat with a friend yesterday in hospital as they were waiting to have elective surgery. Afterwards I had a significant increase in PTSD type symptoms, not as bad as I used to get them but way worse than I've had in ages. I think this has to do with the fact that my family just kind of ignored me when I got sick as a child and there were several times I probably should have been taken to hospital but wasn't.
Basically I was surprised to be triggered by what seems to be myself doing something for someone else that wasn't done for me as a child. Not sure if that makes sense, still trying to figure it out.
Comments
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Amanda McAbee
2017-06-11 02:03:48 +0000 UTCI love to hear more about inner child work.
Morgan Curtis
2017-03-14 01:19:36 +0000 UTCHi Kati. I would love to hear more about how you can make yourself understand that something wasnt your fault. My therapist keeps telling me this but it just logically doesn't make sense to me. I was pushed and manipulated into having sex, sure, but in the end, I could have walked away. Instead of walking away, I stayed and let it happen. How is it not my fault if I could have just walked away?
Mette Nielsen
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Carrie Pilkington
2016-12-14 20:16:33 +0000 UTCWOW, I really related to what was said concerning being triggered by caring for others. I have a really problem staying up on my meds, i'm really struggling to know why so i can stop it. I find the experience of taking medication triggering and I think this could be part of the problem, that i associate caring for myself with the negativity of not being cared for by others.
Mags
2016-12-13 21:34:58 +0000 UTCIt could just be something you do to self soothe.. that's the whole reason children suck their thumbs at all.. to soothe. Since your parents weren't there for you emotionally, my guess would be that you used the thumb sucking to get through that and feel okay. xoxo I hope that helps a bit! And I would definitely bring it up in your next therapy appt.. xoxo
Kati Morton
2016-12-12 18:42:48 +0000 UTCHave you told anyone about it? I would bring it up in your next therapy appt if you can :) xoxo
Kati Morton
2016-12-12 18:41:10 +0000 UTCI've never sucked thumb etc not even as a baby since in depression I suck my finger a lot embarrassing
Carrie Pilkington
2016-12-10 21:11:18 +0000 UTCHey, so I'm an adult thumb sucker and when I suck my thumb will be when I display my trich behaviours, I can suck my thumb without the trich but the trick can only happen when I suck my thumb. Idk weird stuff. But that is something I've done since I was a baby, when my mum stopped feeding me I think is when the thumb sucking started. I've no idea. Over the years I've tried loads of ways to stop I managed to stop when I was 12 but went back to it a couple years later when I was going through a rough time at home and school. I still do it and hate it and never mention to my therapist. One of the behaviours i cycle through! Just wondering I don't really come from an abusive past, my parents were emotionally unavailable for me in my teens and I didn't always feel safe at home but I wouldn't say I was abused. I guess where would it come from that it's something I'll still revert back to every so often? Idk what I'm trying to ask sorry for all the babble but thank you for the videos xx
Hailey
2016-12-10 21:00:41 +0000 UTC
