Posted by Tamar on April 7, 2005, at 13:54:47
In reply to Re: I have a question (**trigger**) » Tamar, posted by antigua on April 6, 2005, at 17:24:24
Hi Antigua. It's nice to meet you.
> I spoke w/my T about hypnotism again today in an effort to bring the csa memories forward. As expected, she was strongly against it because she is afraid that I might not be able to handle what comes up. As much as I want to remember and move on, I can't just make it happen. Since I've been with her for all these years, I'm going to stay away from the hypnosis.
I tend to agree. I think there are all sorts of potential problems with hypnosis.
> I did find EMDR helpful with some of the memories, though, mainly in how I felt at the time as a very young girl. I now know what she felt surrounding the events, but I'm still missing big chunks of memory.
I'm quite curious about EMDR. I've heard other people mention it and it does seem to help them. I'm having a holiday from therapy at the moment, having finished working with my former T about three weeks ago, but I think I'll need to go back for long term therapy at some point, and I'll maybe look into EMDR then. At the moment I'm not being plagued by bad memories, but if that changes I'll certainly be looking into every possible solution.
Thanks for your advice.
Tamar
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