Will Meek PhD, a Vancouver psychotherapist, posted to his blog a brilliant perspective on how to get past being fixated i n the past froma traumatic experience.  He calls it “Remembering vs. Reliving.”     I read this first after seeing the link on “Grand Rounds” at Dr. Rob Lambert’s blog “Musings of a Distractible Mind.”   I had one of my posts, Remembering to Take Your Medicine mentioned on this grand rounds.

Remembering vs Reliving

We have all lived through things we wished we had not experienced, some of us more than others. Coping with these memories, images, or feelings can be quite difficult. Something I notice when people talk about their painful past experiences is that many seem to be transported back to the time period it happened in. This is referred to as “reliving“, and it is understandable why we put so much effort into avoiding this material if our only way to work with it is to experience it all over again.