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Posted by partlycloudy on May 28, 2004, at 10:12:45
My T wants me to try it and it sounds like a load of hooey. I saw when I goggled that you were considering it - have you tried it, and did it work for you?
I am in a very bad way at the moment. I have an appointment for an evaluation on Wednesday.
Posted by Dinah on May 28, 2004, at 13:55:17
In reply to Dinah - any EMDR experience?, posted by partlycloudy on May 28, 2004, at 10:12:45
I'm sorry to say it did absolutely nothing for me. But I don't think I'm a representative sample. :)
Posted by partlycloudy on May 28, 2004, at 14:17:03
In reply to Re: Dinah - any EMDR experience? » partlycloudy, posted by Dinah on May 28, 2004, at 13:55:17
Posted by Dinah on May 28, 2004, at 14:19:57
In reply to Thx - I'm wondering why my T recommended it. (nm) » Dinah, posted by partlycloudy on May 28, 2004, at 14:17:03
Posted by partlycloudy on May 28, 2004, at 15:04:59
In reply to Dinah - any EMDR experience?, posted by partlycloudy on May 28, 2004, at 10:12:45
I saw your name on an earlier thread and wondered if you persued this therapy. I have had hypnotherapy in the past (long time ago - I was 14 years old) and was very responsive to it.
I go for a consult next Wednesday.
Posted by Jai Narayan on May 28, 2004, at 16:42:27
In reply to Re: Dinah - any EMDR experience? » partlycloudy, posted by Dinah on May 28, 2004, at 13:55:17
Dear Partlycloudy,
I have done EMDR for the last two years and it has dramatically changed my life.
I just saw my therapist today and we worked on a trauma.
I have been astounded and greatly relieved by this work.
My life is so different since I started this.My partner introduced me to this therapy, he used it because he found his baby son in the basement on fire. He tried to put out the fire and burned his hands. The child died and he was having horrible "post traumatic stress syndrome". He kept seeing the child and would go into a tail spin....This went on for 17years till he did EMDR and now like magic no more wake up dreams...nightmares. He can still recall his son and all that happened but he doesn't have to relive it all the time.
It's now his choosing to recall.I have had a tremendous amount of traumas in my life and EMDR has been my best friend. I love EMDR for releasing me from the trapped, painfilled and hyper-vigilant person I used to be.
So my dear friend....
I would give it a try and I hope it works for you.
It has saved my life.
Posted by antigua on May 28, 2004, at 17:42:52
In reply to Antigua - EMDR experience?, posted by partlycloudy on May 28, 2004, at 15:04:59
Yes, I've been doing it now for, wow, seven months. Didn't realize it had been that long. I have a separate T for this. I see the EMDR T on Tuesday and my regular T on Wed so there isn't much lag time between them (so I can quickly deal w/what comes up).
My experiences are kind of different w/EMDR, at least they differ from what I hear other people say. It's supposed to especially work for concrete traumatic events, isolated experiences that have either been forgotten or are stuck and the patient isn't able to get over them. It doesn't work quite that way for me. I remember/relive feelings of how I felt when the abuse was happening. I haven't been able to go any deeper into the abuse yet (still pretty deep, though). It's amazing but I actually feel how I felt as a young girl.
The major things that have come out for me are that I discovered I had more than one abuser and I found my "evil" twin who I mentioned in another thread.
Most times I feel like I'm watching a movie unfold, with someone else (disassociation) as the major actor. But I do feel, which is unusual for me, especially the heartbreak and the sadness. I still haven't connected to the physical acts and/or pain.
I don't really understand how it works, or if I'm even doing it right. I told my T I wanted to stop the other day because I didn't think it was doing any more good and the next week I discovered I had two little girls instead of just one. I was fighting it, I can see that now.
So, that's my epxerience w/EMDR. It has moved my therapy along, which has been great for me as I was frustrated at being so stuck.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. Good luck.
antigua
Posted by Jai Narayan on May 29, 2004, at 20:00:45
In reply to Re: Antigua - EMDR experience? » partlycloudy, posted by antigua on May 28, 2004, at 17:42:52
> I remember/relive feelings of how I felt when the abuse was happening. I haven't been able to go any deeper into the abuse yet (still pretty deep, though). It's amazing but I actually feel how I felt as a young girl.
***Yes I relive the experience as well. I can see very clearly all the details of the experience. I can see the whole scene as if I was there. I can look around and see the details...like in a dream but it's my memory that is stored in my brain.
It's vivid.
I do cry and feel the same feelings but the ending is different and I feel liberated from the oppressive ramifications that have dictated my life from that moment on.
The incident becomes intregrated into my thinking and I see it fully....my entire brain can think about the incident.
My T guides me through the negative feelings that were attached to the incident and any of the negative impressions I was left with about myself....
> The major things that have come out for me are that I discovered I had more than one abuser and I found my "evil" twin who I mentioned in another thread.
>
****I didn't see the other thread. What do you mean the "evil" twin?
> I don't really understand how it works, or if I'm even doing it right. I told my T I wanted to stop the other day because I didn't think it was doing any more good and the next week I discovered I had two little girls instead of just one. I was fighting it, I can see that now.
***I never fight it....I am so sick of being oppressed by the problems that I jump in fully and engage the problem...because I know it will change.
Right after I may have doubts about it changing but it always changes...I become lighter and see my self and life with a new view.
I have changed so much since I started.
I am a lot calmer, feel and look healthier.
I am so much happier.
Posted by Jai Narayan on May 29, 2004, at 20:27:34
In reply to Re: Antigua - EMDR experience?, posted by Jai Narayan on May 29, 2004, at 20:00:45
I saw your post above and responded up there but decided to bring it down here. I wish you the best in your EMDR work. There is a better life...I know I am living it.
Jai NarayanDear antigua,
When I turned 16 and after a horrible fight with my mother, I saw myself as black and white. One side was good one side bad. I became contrary. I started cutting and drinking and doing everything that was bad.
Before that I was the good girl and did everything the best I could but was hurting inside.
The fight my mother and I had drove me over the edge. She ended up in the hospital and I went under.
It has taken me years to liberate the girls....to become gray....white and black all mixed together. Good, bad and all the places in between. I am whole now and sometimes I feel bad about how I handled something but I am not the BAD PERSON I would have been. I no longer have to punish myself for anything....I am free.
I feel like someone who has just stepped out of a jail.
"Free at last...free at last....God almighty, free at last"
to quote Martin L. King who is one of my favorite people.
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