caramelmix
New Here
OK so I have been in therapy now for about 5 months. I like and intelligently trust my therapist. But my body just lets me down.
We are about to start emdr therapy as she says we have got as far as we can without it. The problem is it's scaring me to death. But not for what seems like the usual reasons. I do not feel like I am scared of the traumas themselves.
I know she is going to use the hand tappers and she has tried to use them a few times when I was struggling with a anxiety attack and I could not stand them. I can totally see how they could work if I was on my own. The thing when there is someone in the room with me and all the concentration is on me I totally freeze up,
Last session she just wanted me to close my eyes, empty my mind and say the first picture that came into my head when she said a certain phrase. But once my eyes close i cant breath i feel like the room is going to crush me and it takes every ounce of control to not run right out the room. I feel totally trapped.
So now she want me to have a think about ways she might be able to help me relax, and quite honestly i don't have a clue what i would find helpful.
I find that talking about myself to another person triggers my anxiety the most.
Any input welcomed, This is my first time in therapy
We are about to start emdr therapy as she says we have got as far as we can without it. The problem is it's scaring me to death. But not for what seems like the usual reasons. I do not feel like I am scared of the traumas themselves.
I know she is going to use the hand tappers and she has tried to use them a few times when I was struggling with a anxiety attack and I could not stand them. I can totally see how they could work if I was on my own. The thing when there is someone in the room with me and all the concentration is on me I totally freeze up,
Last session she just wanted me to close my eyes, empty my mind and say the first picture that came into my head when she said a certain phrase. But once my eyes close i cant breath i feel like the room is going to crush me and it takes every ounce of control to not run right out the room. I feel totally trapped.
So now she want me to have a think about ways she might be able to help me relax, and quite honestly i don't have a clue what i would find helpful.
I find that talking about myself to another person triggers my anxiety the most.
Any input welcomed, This is my first time in therapy