Recent content by Marymickaela

I've been off this site, but am looking for people who do EMDR and EFT. I've been with my EMDR therapist over 2 years and there have definitely been some intense sessions. However, I dug out my EFT book for some reason and 2 weeks ago we worked on that. The following week I really did my...

GWhizz, I am truly shocked by your story and how dismissive your therapist was. If she had even showed caring and said to you to call if you feel as desperate as you described it would have helped, but she sounds truly callous and you are down playing it, trying to truly minimize how desperate...

I had suicide ideation for years, over for many years now, but my therapist could always tell the difference and no way would she have left me leave her office if she thought I was serious. Once while posting on a bipolar site I'd taken too much Vicodin, the police were called, I ended p in...

I guess I have mixed emotions about my role. Although I developed Complex PTSD due to witnessing and experiencing the trauma of being trapped in life threatening situations on a daily basis beyond my control both at home and in school, molested by family members and possibly ganged raped at age...

Hugs!!!!!!!

I think I understand better. WOW!! Your childhood has so many similarities to mine in one sense, which is my mom used me from a very young age to lean on, dump all her frustrations on about my alcoholic, abusive dad. I remember as early as age 11 she told me to go ask my dad for money as he...

Did I answer your question or misunderstand?

Definitely. I have PTSD from my abusive childhood, but also from around 2003/2004 when I had a nervous breakdown, party due to work stress. I experienced horrible traumatic care while inpatient several times. So my job of 10 years I had to process and it was very fresh in my mind as was the...

When I started with my EMDR therapist 18 months ago we did talk therapy for probably a couple months getting to know me before we attempted EMDR. I had tried EMDR with a different therapist a couple years prior who used her fingers back and forth and it was quite annoying, not a good fit at...

MFG, Thanks for your kind response. This is how it got worked out. First I gave myself time to reflect on this, didn't do a knee jerk response such as sending them a letter. Yesterday, 4 days later I met with my EMDR therapist and processed this doing EMDR. It was a tough session. Not all...

I was in traditional CBT therapy for over 10 years and while it helped keep me stable I knew I needed more after being dx'd with Complex PTSD 5 years. It was like with CBT I was just treading water. Well I found a fantastic EMDR therapist. We spent the 1st couple months just doing talk...

I have a Bipolar dx, Complex PTSD, lots of anxiety, etc. etc., and in therapy at least 12 years, but serious EMDR therapy the last 18 months. Most progress with EMDR. Also occasionally do some EFT tapping on my own. Like I said with EMDR I've been able to really tap into deep emotions and can...

I've been with my EMDR therapist about 18 months now. We don't always do EMDR, sometimes we just do talk therapy, but lately have been doing EMDR as I seem to be tapping into or really connecting into some deep, rough emotions. I started telling my Tdoc about my 2 adult daughters Christmas Day...

I grew up in a horrible horrible home living in fear everyday my f might come home and beat the crap out of my mom or us kids, possibly even kill us. Witnessed constant beatings to my mom, once where he kicked her so hard when I was 13 he broke her ribs and I was left to care for her by myself...

I just returned to the PTSD site after being gone for probably 6mo's and saw this and had to respond. I didn't read thru all the responses, but a lot. I just turned 66 and have been ashamed of so many things I especially did in my younger years. I am now with an EMDR therapist and have made...