Self-healing after psychological trauma

Mental illness is more difficult to cure than diseases that can be detected by scientific instruments. Many people find it difficult to get over psychological trauma for a long time. If the trauma accumulates in the heart over time, it will become more serious. This is how depression is formed. In fact, if you suffer psychological trauma, in addition to the help of a psychologist, self-healing is also very important. Self-regulation can help you recover faster. So, how should we heal ourselves after psychological trauma?

1. Timely communication

Victims should communicate their views and feelings more with their relatives, friends and colleagues, and spend more time with people who care about you, who can provide you with good psychological support.

2. Acknowledge that the misfortune has already occurred and all the trauma has already occurred. Since it cannot be undone, you should comfort yourself and acknowledge the reality. The result will be much better than being dejected and in agony.

3. Sublime pain

Trauma and setbacks often bring people psychological depression and anxiety. If you keep holding your breath, feeling depressed, decadent and hopeless, you are actually punishing yourself psychologically with the misfortune that has already happened. Those who are good at psychological self-help can learn to transform negative emotions into positive emotions, strive to turn trauma into motivation, sublimate negative emotions into a force, and devote themselves to things that are beneficial to themselves, others and society. When they gain the satisfaction of success, they also eliminate depression and anxiety and achieve a positive psychological balance.

4. Change your perspective

Sometimes, the same reality or situation, if viewed from this perspective, may cause negative emotional experience and lead to psychological difficulties, but from another perspective, positive meanings may be discovered, thus transforming negative emotions into positive emotions. When examining, thinking about, and evaluating an objective reality situation, learning to change your perspective and look at the problem from a different angle can often alleviate negative emotions.

5. Vent appropriately

When a person is traumatized, using willpower to suppress emotions and talking and laughing can only relieve superficial tension, but cannot solve the fundamental problem. It will also lead to a deeper psychological dilemma and bring greater psychological harm. People who are good at psychological self-help always choose appropriate ways to vent their inner pain, such as telling their closest friends and relatives about their grievances and pains; or putting them into words to let the bitterness in their hearts flow out; or simply crying and shouting on appropriate occasions. This is also the best self-help strategy for those who are in extreme psychological distress.