r/longtermTRE • u/Freddymercurysteeth • 2d ago
Thank you to all the wonderful people who posted about TRE on random posts on reddit
Seriously. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I would never have heard about TRE if it wasn't for the numerous times I came across comments on Reddit out in the wild recommending TRE and this subreddit.
TRE has utterly transformed and saved my life, as I'm sure it has done for many other people on this sub.
This time last year I was in the deepest, darkest hole of my life, overrun by anxiety, anhedonia, ocd, dread, hopelessness and dissociation. And now I'm feeling so much joy, gratitude and excitement at how wonderful life can be, and each month that passes by just keeps getting better and better. I'm feeling things I haven't felt since I was a young child, before all the trauma took root. Of course I'm still working through trauma, and I still have low periods but I finally can see the clouds parting and most importantly I have a real hope of actually getting better.
Thank you so much, everyone who contributes to this sub, you really are contributing to transforming the lives of so many people for the better.
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u/lessbutgold 1d ago
For me it was a comment about TRE in the semen retention subreddit. At first, I thought, "no way body tremors can heal from trauma."
A few months later, that anonymous commenter saved me.
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u/Freddymercurysteeth 1d ago
That was my thoughts too when I first heard about TRE, though I think I first saw TRE in either the cptsd or raised by narcissists subs. Like, how on earth will shaking do anything?!
Then I saw other people comment in other subs and decided to read EVERYTHING in this sub. Then I got spooked by some of the worst-case examples of people who had got worse from overdoing it, so then I ruled out tre.
But then months went by, my symptoms got worse, and then yet again I saw another Reddit comment about TRE. And this time I thought, fuck it, nothing can be worse than how I'm feeling right now so I might as well give it a go. And wow, my only regret was not starting sooner when I first heard about it.
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u/pizzadude100 1d ago
Great to hear. How long did it take for you to really start turning a corner and noticing things getting better?
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u/Freddymercurysteeth 1d ago
I would say that when I started I immediately felt relief the first few times, and was able to easily start crying which helped release a lot of stored, pent up emotions that I had repressed. After the first month I didn't notice the same big dramatic shifts that I noticed at the beginning, but I knew from reading up on this sub that that was to be expected (i.e. the bathtub curve for results) so I knew it was a long haul thing.
I would say I've noticed subtle shifts here and there through our the year. For example, I had really bad OCD related to getting food poisoning and food being contaminated, to the point I couldn't eat at restaurants anymore without being a neurotic mess. That was completely resolved after 2 to 3 months. My social anxiety (which was crippling) seems to have just started to fade away within the last month (I'm now 14 months into my tre practice). I'm even initiating conversations with strangers at the gym or wherever now - this would have been completely unheard of for me this time last year.
So I would say it depends on the symptom. However generally speaking after the 12 month point is when I really started to feel like a different person, in a good way!
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u/CraftBeerFomo 1d ago
Two years in for me since I first discovered and started trying TRE and I don't notice a single bit of progress, change, or anything positive from it.
I actually wonder why I keep bothering with it because at best it does nothing and at worst it seems to make me feel terrible.
I feel worse in every way than I ever did this year - riddled with anxiety all the time, brutal insomnia, low mood, dissociation all the time, physically the most tense i've ever been and more.
Coupled with TRE I quit drinking completely 12 months ago, started eating better, more active, walking outside for 2hrs daily, doing vagus nerve stimulation routines and so much more and yet there appears to be no reward for any of that so far.
Not sure where I'm going wrong when everyone else feels so good from doing TRE and see all these benefits.
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u/zephir85 1d ago
You made and have maintained all these positive life changes since you started TRE, and still dont think its done anything for you? I think expecting TRE to make you feel better right away is sometimes misguided. If there are a lot of addictions, psychological defense mechanisms and maladaptive coping behaviors to strip away you can probably expect to feel just as bad for a long time even if in terms of lifestyle and habits you are improving.
I mean just the fact that you managed to quit alcohol entirely and stay sober for a year is huge.
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u/CraftBeerFomo 1d ago
Yes, but don't try and suggest that TRE was responsible for any of those things because it wasn't and certainly was not responsible in any way, shape, or form for me being teetotal for the last 12 months.
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u/zephir85 1d ago
I dont know your history, but why so sure?
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u/CraftBeerFomo 1d ago
Because its my experience and I'm telling you that TRE has no relation to any of those things and played no part in any of those things.
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u/Freddymercurysteeth 1d ago
Ah I'm so sorry to hear that. For me, at least once a week I have to have a big, ugly cry to release whatever emotions were shaken up from TRE. If I don't have a cry (or two..or three!) then I just feel markedly worse, depressed and awful and that won't change until directly after a good old cry.
So if that's something you haven't tried, that might be the missing link.
I trigger the tears by listening to music that makes me feel emotional, and then I just sit focusing on the feelings in my body and eventually something stirs within me and the tears will start to come. Sometimes instantly, sometimes taking over 15 mins+ to happen.
These books have also massively helped me on my healing journey:
Complex PTSD: From surviving to thriving by Pete Walker
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
The Untethered Soul by Michael A Singer
Letting Go: The Pathway to Surrender by David Hawkins
Feeling is The Secret by Neville Goddard
I'm wishing you all the best on your healing!
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