This past Monday I did TRE by myself for the first time. I didn’t screw it up and it worked wonderfully. It was after a harder OT session (the requested ambulance was fully stocked and ready for use, not empty) and I must say it did the trick. Getting rid of the stress and tension that afternoon has meant that I haven’t spent the last couple of days shaking my legs and fidgeting. My mind isn’t always getting the physical reactions out of me that it has become accustomed to causing anymore. I have been calmer and more present and when I’m not the return is far faster than it used to be. It’s not a cure but it’s far from snake oil. I have managed my symptoms better the last few weeks and my overall mental outlook has improved knowing I have TRE. It’s like the smoothing of the sand as the wave washes out. Anxiety still tries to squeeze, crush and dehydrate me, my memory still thinks it owns me and those emotions don’t seem to be going anywhere either but I’m not physically feeling those things for as prolonged a period of time anymore. The alarm system isn’t fried. It just needed a new control panel.