Posted by antigua on June 17, 2004, at 23:35:36
In reply to Re: EMDR for Chronic PTSD? antigua, posted by Beta on June 17, 2004, at 17:26:29
I've been in therapy for 14 years, and have been working on the PTSD in varying degrees for 10 yrs, I guess. I started EMDR last fall when I felt like I was stuck. I was so frustrated because I couldn't remember what happened and my therapist doesn't believe in hypnosis because she said I had to be ready to remember so I asked her if we could try this. She agreed.
My experience with EMDR has been good. I don't relive the events exactly, but I do feel how I felt back then, when I was a little girl, meaning I feel the sadness, lonliness, terror, etc. I actually do feel it, but there's also a detatchment to it as well because the T always brings me back to a safe place by the time we finish. It hasn't helped me remember exactly, but it has helped me to get in touch with the younger me, as much as that sounds like mumbo jumbo. It's true.
Yes, the feelings were intense, but I wouldn't say "extremely intense," at least not for me. I wish they were more intense in some ways because I hoped EMDR would help me get over "it." It doesn't work that way for me, but it has speeded up my therapy considerably.
I see my EMDR T one day and my regular T the next day, which works out really well. I think it's more than double the progress.
antigua
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