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Need some tips for coping with past school trauma

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At Primary School I always felt different.  I didn't understand why I couldn't play with others.  I knew the others found me odd. I also didn't have a diagnosis until I got to high school so me nor my parents knew.  I think I buried the pain for a long long time but recently it's started to really affect me.   I felt so alone.  I remember sitting on a bench in the playground watching everyone laughing and having fun and I couldn't join it.  I still feel alone.

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  • If you can afford it, I would recommend getting a few sessions of therapy to work through this and any other related trauma experiences you have had (most age cumulative smaller things or are well repressed) as the therapist is trained to help you "unpack" the experience, revisit the pain (sometimes tough) and analise it to take away its power over you.

    A bit like dragging the monster under the bed out, typing it to the garden fence and looking at it in detail to note that the fangs are actually falsies, it has a funny pot belly, it is going bald and has really unfashionable shoes on - steal its power through analysis and it will never scare you again.

    These sessions start from about £50/hour (depending on the therapist) and I would expect at least 4 but possibly more as a good therapist with experience of autistic clients will help you improve a lot of other areas of your life that you may not have realised were being impacted by your autism as well.

  • in reply to Iain

    I kind of feel like I need to repack some of it.. or unpack it.. or repack it.. Who knows..?Confused

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