PTSD symptoms often include painful flashbacks of the event. You may worry that talking about the trauma will cause this to happen. These feelings are completely understandable. But, avoiding talking or thinking about your traumatic experience won’t make it go away. Rather, you may become afraid not only of the event itself, but of anything that triggers memories of it. This can limit your life and keep you from feeling free. Your therapist can help you move through the trauma recovery process at your own pace and make sure that you feel safe at all times. The treatment process may be difficult at times, but your therapist can help you begin to experience the world as a safe place. Typically, it is not necessary to focus on a traumatic memory in order to heal and complete trauma processing. Treatment for PTSD and trauma is focused instead on helping you get unstuck and feeling safe and secure.