I lived with extensive physical and emotional abuse til I was 12 but I only have one real memory and there is no emotion associated with it. In fact, it's more like telling a story about something I read in a book. But there's never been any emotion attached to it or to anything I experienced or saw as a child. I don't have flashbacks or nightmares or somatic symptoms. I also can't visualise. I can't see or feel anything at all when I think of the things that happened to me.
I've only just started therapy and my therapist is considering EMDR. Does anyone with my sort of presentation (few if any memories, no emotions re the trauma, no images, no present day emotions to work with) have experience with EMDR? I know you have to focus on as many aspects of the traumatic incident as possible. It seems to me that I don't have anything to work with. Has EMDR worked for anyone with no memories/emotions?
I've only just started therapy and my therapist is considering EMDR. Does anyone with my sort of presentation (few if any memories, no emotions re the trauma, no images, no present day emotions to work with) have experience with EMDR? I know you have to focus on as many aspects of the traumatic incident as possible. It seems to me that I don't have anything to work with. Has EMDR worked for anyone with no memories/emotions?