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Topic Tuesday: Stepping off the distress seesaw **closed**

CherryBombSenior Contributor

Topic Tuesday: Stepping off the distress seesaw **closed**

Up and down, down and up, and upside down...

Have you ever felt as though you are being held to ransom by an all consuming distress seesaw?

Join us this Topic Tuesday, to discuss journeys, and share strategies to leave the seesaw.

We will be joined by @Former-Member - a health professional who specialises in trauma.

SunnyDaisy describes her thoughts on this:

"I once had someone tell me that their experience of living with the effects of a difficult experience was like being stuck at the top end of a see-saw.

The weight of the difficult experience sits on the ground at the other end of the see-saw and life is consumed by this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8nMgY5dkTs

After receiving the support that was required to deal with the difficult experience/s, it felt like they were able to climb down from the see-saw and leave the all-consuming distress on the see-saw.

This does not mean forgetting about the difficult experience. It is a matter of gradually finding more space in life to participate in life and enjoy other things – a sense of no longer being held to ransom by the difficult experience .

How do you relate your difficult experiences to this 'see-saw' idea? Do you have an experience of climbing down from the high end of the see-saw?"

We've got a few members who might be able to contribute to this dicussion. @Loopy @Alessandra1992 @kristin @Rick @kenny66 @SCORPION @Cazzie Are you around tonight?

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CherryBombSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday - now open: Stepping off the distress seesaw

Hi @Rick!

Just saying hi.

Sorry to hear you're unwell.

Glad you made it though.

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Unknown userMember

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Haha @Loopy , no judgement here. You sound pretty cool from your posts.

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-karma-Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday - now open: Stepping off the distress seesaw

I also believe the yoga pose of placing your head down on the ground, on clenched fists slows thinking down, and is almost impossible to think in this position.

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kenny66Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday - now open: Stepping off the distress seesaw

Corrupted memory is a huge rodblock and the recognition of self worth. Its easy to give up. I try and look for only the positive things in life which counter-balances my earlienst experience.

There can be a problem with the wareness of self which then leads on to a whole lot of other complex issues.

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-karma-Senior Contributor

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@Eagle this is your mantra!

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Unknown userMember

Re: Topic Tuesday - now open: Stepping off the distress seesaw

Everyone is individual @kenny66 and needs to find what works best for them. If ECT works for you, that is great. Thanks for sharing that.

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-karma-Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday - now open: Stepping off the distress seesaw

Can you talk about body work that may assist in shifting the way info is stored?

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CherryBombSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday - now open: Stepping off the distress seesaw

@Former-Member can you tell us what you mean by 'finding space'?

@kenny66 your description of heavy sacks on the end of a seesaw is an apt description. It makes me think of sacks full of sand. With each day an effort trying to scope out grains, which can so easily slip through our fingers. It can be a struggle indeed.

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Unknown userMember

Re: Topic Tuesday - now open: Stepping off the distress seesaw

There are many forms of bodywork that can be used ... for example, deep tissue massage, kineseology, cathartic work releasing emotions, focussing (using the felt sense)

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LoopySenior Contributor

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Rick, well done, but I don't think you need to explain yourself, aside from that , get better soon, please we need ya.

looped one.

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