Posted by ClearSkies on November 25, 2006, at 17:06:49
In reply to Re: EMDRClearSkies, posted by happykat on November 25, 2006, at 13:40:09
> Thanks for the info. It was suggested as something I might want to try. I was a little fearful of what the memory aspect might entail. The way you describe it doesn't seem too bad.
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> Did it help? Is it the sort of thing that takes the emotional charge out of the experience and reduces the symptoms so you can process it better in therapy or does it actually resolve the trauma completely?
>It helped me take the emotional charge that the trauma holds for me way down, to a managable level. It allowed me to address the way that I deal with stressors overall. It also helped me have compassion for the person I was at the time of the trauma - I thought that I was just "dealing with it" - when in fact, I was actually doing a darn good job of getting myself through one moment and on to the next.
It's my understanding that it's not unusual for someone to repeat EMDR (the thought of which I find somehow comforting).
> Did you do any other specific therapy for ptsd?
>My therapy has not specifically dealt with the trauma, except in the general effect it has had on me. Revisiting the events themselves time and again doesn't contribute to my recovery from them (as my therapist has explained it to me).
> Thanks :)
> Happy Kat
>ClearSkies
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