Recent content by Ruby Rose

Yes EMDR can be done with eyes closed and hand buzzers, therapist said your eyes track from left to right naturally whist closed. I had my first session doing this yesterday.

It's a real struggle - I'm in a similar situation where I don't want to relive the trauma or memories but i also don't want to live the rest of my life with the vivid memories. I agree with Texcat let your therapist help you decide. For me once I starting processing one memory others came up...

Hi I too exercise to get through the day and to help me deal with what's happening in my life PTSD and also a daughter with severe mental illness. I find I do this to help me sleep, as time alone and when I'm exercising I don't generally don't think about my struggles (a form of numbing I...

Totally agree with you that EMDR therapy is hard work and that it will bring up new things for you to deal with. Unsure whether it works yet or not!! You certainly have to be committed to it as some days you do want to just give up. For me I think I have found that it is taking a lot longer...

Yeah it feels pretty overwhelming!!! I'm just not sure how I process things for the next 7 weeks. I started working on processing a pretty significant Trauma about 6 weeks ago. Its extremely hard to just put it on hold for 7 weeks. The flashbacks etc can be pretty intense at times. I guess the...

Hi I've been seeing a therapist for a couple of years and today I had my last appointment before she heads off on a 7 week break. I broke down after I left today we just mainly talked about self soothing, mindfulness, and breathing etc I can do when distressed whilst she away. I didn't talk to...

Thanks Jade. My EMDR sessions usually go for 45-50 mins and yesterday Therapist used both hand movements and the tones not sure if that's why I had the weird spaced out feeling or not. I did also feel like she was wanting to rush the session. Thanks for you encouragement to stick with it. Last...

H Hi, I have had about 10 sessions of EMDR for similar reasons to you. I am making slow progress but progress all the same!!! I quite often leave the session feeling extremely exhausted both emotionally and physically. That night I usually have an okay sleep and the next day will feel okay...

Hi I've just done an EMDR session and felt like it was going well then I started to feel really spaced out and had a real heavy feeling in my head. I still feel that way 2 hours later. Feeling really hesitant to continue. Told my T hold I was feeling and we stopped and then tried to go to the...

Thank you I guess until my daughter got sick I'd not really thought about my up bringing and this traumatic experience had just been tucked away for so long and now it's just seems overwhelming someday to relive it and to reflect on the implications it's maybe had on my life - just one day at a...

Thanks for that

i sought help from a psychologist 2-3 years ago as I was struggling with the demands, guilt, grief, fear of judgement , feeling responsible to blame etc related to my teenage daughter having a severe mental illness. I found this really helpful but continued to get stuck with the fact I felt...