Howdy y'all!
Before we move on, allow me to put on my professional cap for a moment and address something about the chapter you just read.
Sebastian's method for helping Juliette and himself overcome their trauma was inspired by a real-life forms of trauma therapy called Prolonged Exposure (PE) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT).
In PE, traumatic events are 'relived' through writing/retelling of the trauma, or through in vivo (real life) exposure. The way it works, in short, is to repeatedly expose someone to their trauma until they adjust to it and start to experience fewer stress-responses (PTSD symptoms). It is more complex than that, but I digress.
This is in no way an accurate representation of Prolonged Exposure or Cognitive Processing Therapy and should not be treated as such. Liberties have been taken to place it into the Wizarding World as well as the 19th century (50+ years before PTSD was even an official diagnosis).
It is also expedited for the sake of the story. Trauma work takes weeks, months, and years. For the purposes of the story, I condensed the weeks of a traditional CPT regimen and turned them into days (i.e. 12 days instead of 12 weeks).
If you are struggling with PTSD symptoms, please seek the counsel of a professional, licensed trauma therapist. Please do not attempt to expose yourself to trauma/triggers without guidance from a licensed professional. PE and/or CPT are not for everyone, and there are many other forms of trauma therapy that address different types of trauma and symptom presentations.
If you are hurting, please know there is a treatment for you <3
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Now, on a side note,
My stats tell me that at least 20 readers have been keeping up with this story and the updates. I am so incredibly grateful to each and every one of you that is finding something valuable in my story.
It is so wild to me that my story has 3.7K views, over 200 votes, and 1.3 K comments!?!?! (I have a feeling at least 1K of those comments are from two of you, though I won't name names)
Now, enough of my blubbering and back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Next stop, Professor Sallow's office.
~Kat
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Under Your Scars || Sebastian Sallow x MC
Fanfiction"The professor and I froze, unable to move or speak yet sharing a solemn understanding. We discovered something we did not even realize we were searching for: An Ancient Magic wielder." Eight years after the events of the repository, Sebastian Sallo...
