That's why I've been cutting my wrists all these years. For me, the sight of blood had been a release of my anxiety. Now that I've released that scream, I won't have to cut my wrists again. Of course, no one had ever been able to diagnose John's behavior as anything other than psychotic. He'd been taking drugs for years that had barely kept the internal terror in check.
Childhood trauma needs to be released if the sufferer is to regain full health and happiness.
I realize that this story may elicit criticism. And their minds aren't capable of understanding complex emotions, much less filing them away for future recollection. I'm interested in personal experiences. I've had clients with phobias about knives brought about because they were born by a Cesarean section, during which they feared being cut by the surgeon's scalpel. I've had clients whose births were artificially induced, and these people have acted out their resentment over being rushed at birth by being late for every appointment on their calendars.