Njay

Agreed.

Hey, I’ll try and keep it brief as I have a propensity to waffle! Firstly, It’s so brave of you to post your horrific and traumatic...

Yup, it sure as hell is about small victories. It's difficult because it's an automated response. The response meant to save your life...

I totally agree with this. For the longest time, no matter how many times I ran through it with my T, I always had doubts that I...

yes and no. Lots of traumas to process, so I had to REALLY lower my expectations for what recovery would look like. If I track success...

I hear ya 😃 As always hearing confirmation in another place (this forum) keeps me focused on the long game not the short.

Did EMDR not help you with the ptsd symptoms (primarily tricksy, fearful thoughts) you mentioned? There were a couple of times for me...

It came to me to add something, but I missed the edit. ^^ I think part of it is trusting the process. And part of the process is not...

Lurking darkness update: a massive lynchpin moment during childhood was processed during EMDR. Leaving them to recover right now, but...

Thank you so much… In my latest session my legs started shaking uncontrollably for almost an hour and I’m told that’s natural and my...

I suspect it's because you processed *intellectually* during CBT rather than *emotionally.* And/or you've only addressed the tip of the...

Yup, I was the same. Read it should take 20-30 sessions of EMDR to clear it up so should take a year or so right? Then trauma 1...

You are all such inspirational people! It’s amazing to think that so many of us go through such horrid things, and yet we have this...

OMG I did the same thing! T said "it might take a couple of years to get you thru this" and I responded "I don't have that kind of time...

Good for you for getting your own therapist! Proud of you! Sooo many people think that going to a therapist is weakness, when it's...

Hi, @Njay. For recuperation, I agree with @Freida that rest is really good. What I've found though is that it's helpful to figure...

Thank you @Freida for your words of wisdom - I really appreciate it. I had a single event trauma but i disassociated from it...

If you are able to, or have experience of this, would you be able to help me understand this please? When you are having EMDR and I...

I’ve just started EMDR and have really struggled after my second session - lots of anxiety and mixed emotions, mainly sadness. Do you...