Kevin Kling — The Losses We Grow Into
On Being with Krista Tippett
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How to Deal With Post Dramatic Stress
A few months ago, after years and years, it came back with a vengeance. And i went to a therapist, and she said, you got tounderad. This isn't, it's not time rel it. It doesn't work. So what she had me do was tell the story of my motorcycle accident. Instead of hitting the car, I missed the car, and i went to where i was going. By retelling the story and having a different outcome, i started sleeping better. All of a sudden, the post dramatic stress really dissipated in a significant way. But we can't live in the story that makes us sleep, but we need it to sleep.
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