Functioning with ADHD

@creative_writer sounds like a nice weekend, hope the Persian food was good! how'd the lifeline shift go?

Good evening @creative_writer, here with you. Let's explore this together... trauma is complex and when it comes to things like anxiety, it often comes up due to a deeper need for control and a fear of the unknown... so whilst we may be able to rationalise how trauma wasn't our fault, the more primitive/survival parts of our brain are still firing when they feel under threat, and that's when intrusive thought and rumination cycles can come into play. I find that this is often due to the mind trying to 'make sense' of our discomfort or fear... it can be SO hard to sit with, because once upon a time, feeling that way meant you weren't safe. (Even though you are now.) 💛 Does that make sense at all?

I think anger is so completely valid here... I am assuming someone you loved broke your trust and sense of safety, so of course you are feeling angry. This would be so confusing and painful to sit with... anger cycles are really normal in this instance. Have you talked about ways to release anger in therapy at all before?

Also, I am curious to know when you notice this anger is less present? @creative_writer 🩷