Legally Dealing with Past Abuse
Hello, my name is Sheepy (not actually but for my own sakes). On Thursday the 27th, I was contacted about legally dealing with a case brought up on my past abuser.
I'm going through so many emotions right now.. I'm scared, anxious, feeling sick, but also happy it's being dealt with. On top of all that, it's been really hard to think about in detail again. So many years of abuse that I've been slowly pushing out of my mind have been brought up again.
Any advice or anything else that could help me out with all this?
@StressedOutSheep00 dear sheepy you are brave to go through with this - the first question which comes to mind is - do you have a support system in place?
You mention the triggering memories of trauma - have you worked through these with a therapist in the past? If not I would suggest reaching out to a therapist to support you throughout. I do not know if you have this available near you but over pasta months I am trying a therapy called EMDR (plenty of info online) which helps with PTSD and traumatic memories. I wonder if it may be useful for you to look into it . I wish you strength and well being !
PS in the meantime on the resources page I came across this: https://www.7cups.com/forum/TraumaSupport_60/DiscussionQuestionsResources_481/Traumarelatedresourcesrighthereon7cups_230490/
Thank you. I haven't yet worked with a therapist yet and I'm wanting to.
I will be looking into therapy because I want to be able to not let it affect me whenever something happens to trigger the memories.
Thank you for the info! I'm going to look more into it.
