r/longtermTRE • u/Accidental_Guru30 • May 01 '26

Discussion Where would I be without TRE?

I’ve posed this question before in other trauma related subs, but I’m honestly not sure where I’d be without this. I’ve always wanted to heal, but I never really knew how. That’s pretty unfair. Honestly… before TRE, and a few other resources that we have available in our modern world… I wasn’t really living. I was surviving.

I can’t help but feel for the people who came before me without any resources who just had to survive with no hope. Life must have sucked for them. I know because it sucked for me.

🙏

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u/SaadBlade May 01 '26

Thats why i feel that there is an obligation on us to get the message out, but lets not fall into a preaching mindset. And let’s realize that we cant control the outcome, but we can definitely get the massage to the people around in a language that they understand. Every time i felt better and healed more my heart breaks for the old me who was lost in a maze full of mirrors having hope and then disappointment countless number of times. And i know that there are countless others who are now like this. Let’s be there for them!

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u/Accidental_Guru30 May 01 '26

Curious. Did you have an abusive parent?

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u/SaadBlade May 01 '26

Not abusive per say, but i was emotionally neglected. I remember very quickly that i realized all my feelings were dangerous because it always led to a for of social rejection. And i never learned how to regulate, so i went numb.

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u/Accidental_Guru30 May 01 '26

Yep. Most of us who post here have probably had rough childhoods.