#prolongedexposuretherapy

Over the past week, I worked on this collage that represents some of the processing I’ve done about the trauma related to my husbands sudden death in the ER in 2014. The more I walk through the story of how I experienced that day, the more I understand the many layers of how my body and brain responded and survived such an emotionally intense experience. • 03-22-20 • #artherapy #artcollage #prolongedexposuretherapy #traumarecovery #traumahealing #widowlife #ptsd #ptsdrecoveryart #ptsdrecoveryjourney #ptsdart #ptsdarttherapy https://www.instagram.com/p/B-FXdkZJo0N/?igshid=14wojzt6kvul6

First week of prolonged exposure therapy, I began bawling on my way to body work appointment. In my sobs of release I understood the enormous size of the grief I have been holding at witnessing the failed resuscitation of my husband in the ER. • “I pray you believe what I have said. I reported what I saw and heard, but only part of it. For most of it I have no words.” – Ed Murrow • #traumatherapy #prolongedexposuretherapy #arttherapy https://www.instagram.com/p/B9f6HMlF46Q/?igshid=15ol64d61z4w