In 2015, I was in two car accidents, six weeks apart. I suffered spinal injuries, tailbone injury, sacral injury and a herniated disc. I have pinched nerves in my neck, and it was very traumatizing in general.
Because of my accidents and the fear of getting re-injured I found myself really afraid of being on top of the mountain. That had never happened before my car accidents. I was afraid of heights. I was afraid of falling. I was very panicked when skiing, so I could only ski the beginner and intermediate runs. I would ski very, very slowly.
After our Brainspotting session, I didn’t have those negative beliefs of “Oh, I’m gonna fall and break my back,” or “I shouldn’t go fast because I’m going to injure my spine.”
After the session with Suzanne, I was more in the moment. I was no longer thinking about the car accident. I wasn’t thinking about getting injured. I wasn’t fearful. I didn’t have that panic in my chest. I was just very present and enjoying the view and the trees. The skiing became FUN without the anxiety. I even got stuck on a black diamond run because I took a wrong turn and there was a little bit of anxiety but instead of going back to my old intrusive thoughts and thinking “Oh, don’t do it, don’t fall because you’re gonna break your back…”, I noticed this huge shift in perspective like, “You know, a black diamond is hard and you haven’t done it in over two decades, but let’s try it.”
The Brainspotting was working because I had a boost of self-esteem. I had this courage that I never had before. I had this belief in myself. Before we worked, I was only doing green runs and blue runs and then I skied a week after our session and I was zooming down black diamonds! My boyfriend came and visited me here in Tahoe in April and he was SO impressed that I left him behind on my first black diamond run! Other people also noticed a change in my skiing, so thank you!
J. Allyson Garcia, MA, LMFT
(1 session)
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