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Traumatic Experience: How I Stopped Reliving the Past
Steps I took to finally recover from a night of horror.
Trauma is a wicked rascal. No matter what causes it or how much you want to forget about a traumatic experience, releasing the anxiety takes work.
Of course, some ordeals are a whole lot worse than others. But even the minor ones can leave you feeling anxious, as if something comes over you and takes control. A traumatic experience can make you feel like a victim and that you won’t get over it until… well, never. That’s how it was for me, anyway.
My suffering lasted longer than I like to admit. And the longer it lasted, the stronger it gripped me. Eventually, I managed to get rid of my fear, nervousness, and triggers.
I’m not a doctor or therapist, but what I did helped get the entire hellish experience out of my head.
Get up and get out before it gets you!
It was a night that seemed like many others before it. Nothing indicated a need to make any changes. I went to bed as usual.
A little after midnight, I felt something peculiar. I opened my eyes. I saw someone snatch his arm out of my bedroom window.
