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Hi Community. I haven't been on these boards for quite a while. A couple of weeks ago, my therapist announced to me (and others I know) that he is taking a "break" for a couple of months and by then will make a decision if this break is temporary or permanent. We have been working together...

BTW @lostforgottensoul, what did your therapist do when you had that flashback in session?

Thanks for answering. I let my therapist know via text that something weird happened. But sometimes he is over busy and I would need to remind him to respond to me. This may be on of those times and since it's not affecting me in a crippling way we can talk about it at next session. I'm not...

This very much applies to me. I don't know how to allow that to come up and out. It seems impossible.

I completely understand what you are experiencing. I remembered a rape from 6th grade that I couldn't believe actually happened, but my body had alot to say about that. Some times I still revert to the thought that it couldn't have really happened, but my therapist asked me "if it's not real...

Hi everyone. I have been working on sexual assault trauma for nearly 4 years now. Been doing EMDR. I feel like it has been pretty successful, but very hard work. My T says that I'm angry underneath it all. He has said this about me from day one, but we have been unsuccessful at bringing that...

Hi there. I am still doing emdr. It is full of ups and downs. Recently we have changed the way we are doing the process as I was getting too lost in the memories and feeling suicidal. I don't mean for that to scare you. I can tell that some of my old scripts are being re-written. I'm reacting...

I have been in emdr for 4 years now. Repressed memories came up of a sexual assault when I was in 6th grade by an older, bigger boy. I never told anyone. I suffer intense body memories. Both during emdr and in between sessions. It does eventually go away. I'm just coming off of an episode...

Thanks for the reply Sheila. He is aware. I know he wants to protect me. I tried to ask him why we couldn't just work on this right now today and his response was that it was more complex than that and it would take more than one more session to work through so he wanted to make sure I was...

Ok - this is the only place I can air this out. First let me say that I believe in meds. I've been on Zoloft now for about 4 years. Everyone who needs them should take them. I personally don't like taking them, but I've done it to survive my trauma therapy and keep my job. Starting about 2...

So, I've been in emdr therapy now for almost 4 years. My therapist and I have been through hell and mostly back together. We have discussed body memories in places I would never discuss with anyone else, and, you know done the therapy thing for a long time. We have been working through a...

Romans12:2b ...instead,fix your attention on God. You will be changed from the inside out.

I understand what you are saying. My therapist and I go back and forth from me feeling completely supported to me hating him. I have been seeing him for three years. I think sometimes we forget that therapists are only human. They have their own stuff going on at home, at work plus listening to...

It's nice to see a conversation about this. My situation was more complicated than most. I have met completely healthy pastors families. It's not easy to be a pastor and raise children. When I wrote that post I was processing through some very traumatic memories in therapy. As an adult I have...

Hi everyone. It's been a while since I've posted here as sometimes it was too triggering to read the struggles of others. I'm back today looking for shared experiences. I have been in emdr therapy for PTSD for almost 3 years now. We've worked through several traumas, but have uncovered a...