Sometimes, it’s just difficult moving on from the past.
Perhaps there’s an incident or an entire period that has a powerful charge when you remember it.
Maybe you had a nasty breakup from which you just can’t seem to move on. You didn’t see it coming, and now it’s rocked your confidence to where you’re having trouble trusting your own decisions.
You’ve started to believe, “I cannot trust my judgment,” and it’s holding you back from new relationships.
Or perhaps you have a history of sexual assault or abuse and find yourself triggered by men, topics related to sex, or smells or sounds that remind you of the incident.
But there’s hope: We can desensitize those triggers and lessen the effect of these traumatic disturbances.
