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Reply to "Fight, Flight, Freeze"

BLT: Hey there Smiler Thank you for your reply. I can only say there is an immense fear which causes me to freeze and I don't know where it is coming from. In this experience, I think I have to know the why of something before I can talk about it. If I can figure it out, then I can talk about it. To tell someone I am scared and not know why, seems a little babyish and I feel I must know the why before discussing it. Not knowing why I am scared places me in a very vulnerable place with the Therapist. Shouldn't we know why we feel something? This is where it gets confusing for me.

I don't think I imagine anything to happen except more fear to be unveiled. The worst case scenario is I can not speak (which has happened before). I don't know what makes it worse except it seems to be triggered when my stomach starts hurting and then I don't know what to do with that. As long as I am trying to get away from the feeling, nothing seems to make it better. I am not sure what I would be feeling if I wasn't so afraid.

I don't know if any of this makes sense; I hope I wasn't too vague.

T.
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