I'm getting mixed messages in my searching:

One analogy: It's like a healing cut. Poking at the scab isn't going to help.

Another analogy is that it's like burn therapy. You constantly have to stretch the new skin. Move constantly.

Another analogy is that it's like a jockey putting weight to the point of pain on a broken leg to get it heal faster.

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When you have a torn tendon, healing takes a lot longer than with a torn muscle. One of the risks for runners is that they tear something, and take it easy. Then when they start again, the muscle hurts like hell, but the muscle gets stronger very fast. The tendon doesn't have any pain until it's swelling from overuse again.

This is why we hire physiotherapists.

My psychotherapist is not giving me clear direction on how hard and in what ways I can push. I mentioned last session that it seemed to be working: I felt a flash of wonder on my walk at my suroundings. Not God Appeared To Me, but an "Oh, Wow. That's cool" I added that everything I'd read said that this too soon. She agreed. Said I was moving too fast. So we're on an I see her every other week schedule. But she didn't make it clear how to "slow down" nor was she clear in what going too fast would do.

Any tips on what is "too much" and how to recognize the signs?

What parts of therapy can be seen as independent? Right now I see:

• Interaction with /r/CPTSD. Here I can rejoice with other people's small victories, and let my heart ache for the terrible stories, giving mild exercise to my window of tolerance.
• Mediation/mindfullness/dual awareness.
• Journaling
• Trying to talk to parts/Mood awareness.
• Slapping down the Inner Critic. ("Do I have to read you the list of why I'm likeable again?" Usually shuts him up.