The following is the second half of the coping techniques that have also been extremely helpful to survivors through out their trauma work. Once more, hopefully they will be of value to you in your own process.
Home Page
This link will escort you back to the homepage of Help4Trauma.org.
Fighting Critical Voices
Its hard to fight off the old tapes that keep playing in you head of, "I'm an idiot," or "I'm worthless," ect. But its important to keep fighting it, and to soothe yourself, instead of automatically criticizing yourself. This page will hopefully offer you some help in this area.
Confronting Mistaken Beliefs
This shows how affirmations can be used to remove false belief systems that foreshadow our critical self talk.
Developing Assertiveness
Assertiveness is key to getting your needs met, but there are many of us who have never learned how to be assertive. Hopefully this will help. Take it as sort of an "Assertiveness 101".
Treatment for Body Memories
The only difference between body memories and standard flashbacks is that body memories are physically-related (stomach aches, mirgraines, etc.), while flashbacks are more sensory related (visions, thoughts, etc). Body memories are very common among trauma survivors, but there is not a lot of information about what you can do to help reduce them.
Not surprisingly, the treatment for body memories is very similar to that of flashbacks, because you're only working with a different kind of pain. This could be compared as the difference between bandaging a small cut, and between bandaging a small burn. Both are different types of pain - yet they still require similar conditions in order to heal properly.
Self Nurturing
This page offers further ways to take care of you the very best that you can.
Supporting Yourself
Simularly, this page offers basic guidelines in supporting yourself through out the process of your healing.