Trigger: I Haven't Done Something I Am Bad

[Deleted member 28942]

@lostforgottensoul that's a hard question to answer. Here are few tips from my experience:

1. Good relationship with your therapist. I can say if I want to work on something or not. She does not push me into working on something that is too hard for me.
2. Safe place installation.
3. Having coping resources: prayers, music, books, drawing, journaling, literally anything that helps you cope.
4. After EMDR I sleep a lot. I mean a lot sometimes even 20 hours. My therapy sessions are on Friday so that I have enough time to stabilize and sleep before Monday.
5. If a memory is too hard to work on I can tell my therapists and we leave it for the future. For example, memories about expressing anger are very difficult for me and we don't work on them for now.
6. Every therapy sessions does not have to be EMDR. At the beginning you can have one EMDR session and one or two session afterwards to talk or positive resource installation/reenforcement. I would tell my therapists when I want to have a "safe place" session. Even if we have done it before, I can still have a whole session on going back to the safe place. You can request this as many times as you want to.

I highly recommend EMDR, just take your time and go as slow as you want to. No need to push hard or rush through the memories.

 

[Benedicte S. Lunde]

@lostforgottensoul that's a hard question to answer. Here are few tips from m...

I will for sure try EMDR. I think my therapist are talking about it, but I don`t know if its the same in norwegian. but cognitiv therapy , E therapy, but Iv heard about EMDR! :)

 

[Deleted member 28942]

@lostforgottensoul my favorite resource when I feel I am bad:
Maya Angelou: Gather Together In My Name

 

[Silver.]

@Benedicte S. Lunde before starting EDMR, make sure you read up on it, make sure your therapist is properly trained and certified to be doing it, that you meet the criteria for it and such, as it can sometimes cause more harm than good. Best of luck to you

 

[lostforgottensoul]

@UniversalBeing, Oprah talks a lot about Maya Angelou. I havent read anything by her yet but I hear great things about it! Thanks!

 

[Benedicte]

@Benedicte S. Lunde before starting EDMR, make sure you read up on it, make sure yo...

Thank you so much! My therapist said she couldn`t do it, so I need to wait for a new therapist... again :p
I am also VERY ON searching for my self, read everything I can. If you know of any sites I should look at, I would be SO grateful to know :) <3