My suicidal thoughts started to become more vivid each passing day, having involuntarily stopped therapy for about 8 months because I didn’t know where to go after feeling abandoned by my psychotherapist who assured me that she would check up on me after her holidays but she never did…
Thankfully, there was this brief moment of light where my fear of dying was outweighed by my fear of asking people for help. Despite still feeling withdrawn and like a burden, I reached out to a dear friend who suggested to check out RTT and Somatic therapy. The idea of hypnosis in RTT got me more curious after years of minimal progress through CBT, so I took the plunge.
I called a handful of RTT practitioners I found on Google that same evening. It was around 7pm on a Saturday and I was running out of luck until the 6th person picked up. We spoke for about 30 minutes and for the first time ever, I felt heard. This was not only the beginning of my RTT journey, but it was also the turning point of my self-development and self-discovery journey.
RTT enabled me to explore deeper into my subconscious to access memories I didn’t know still existed. For many years while I was in CBT, I had this fixated understanding that events occurred in my teens were the root causes of my chronic mental and emotional pain. But within the first RTT session, all these presumptions were replaced with memories from when I was 3, 6 and 11 years old.
Through this process, I’ve learn that CBT isn’t for me, and perhaps RTT isn’t for you either. But personally for me, this revelation facilitated an almost immediate life-changing transformation, enabling me to begin the work of reframing my limiting beliefs, letting go of the inner child, and forgiving myself and those that did me wrong, whether intentionally or not.
Frankly, I never dreamed of becoming a therapist but I always have a passion for volunteering throughout my life. With RTT, though, the progress I’ve made has been so profound that it ignited my life’s calling to help others heal, and to pursue this new career path 🌻💛💫
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