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Developmental trauma, C-PTSD. 18 years of periodic hell. Whatever it's called, it will always be a part of me. No matter how much therapy I have, no matter how much progress I feel I make, I still have a hidden injury that's always there. People on the outside, all they see is a strong...

I've been doing EMDR for about 5 months now, working through complex trauma over a period of 10-15 years. It just feels like I'm tired of the process, I know it's effective and notice positive outcomes, but I wonder if staying with it will bring additional improvement or just make me more...

I'm so confused by the progression of my EMDR. I resumed work with my therapist of 3+ years after a few months of termination, agreed to start EMDR for trauma resolution, being told it would be a much more efficient process than I was used to. A few months later, and after revealing some...

I had a session of EMDR earlier this week, not my first but my first with this therapist and it's been several months since my last EMDR, but I really struggled both during and after the session. We used the bilateral stimulation with finger movement, but the close proximity of my therapist...

I'm struggling with something I can't understand. I'm emotionally trapped in abusive familial relationships...why? Because I'll feel like a failure if I throw aside the only people who've been in my life for 23 years? I'm subjecting myself to ongoing pain and crises that I grew up around and was...

Whenever trauma or difficult emotions are brought up by my T, I get lost in the thoughts in my head. Sometimes I stay present, sometimes I don't. I HATE silence but don't know how to suggest the best way to be brought out of it by my therapist. Obviously he can't read my mind, and sometimes him...

I've been with my current therapist for nearly 3 years, mainly helping to manage depression/stress, difficult family relationships, and skirting the surface of trauma work. After a few months away, I'm back with a new focus of going into deeper trauma work including EMDR but not for a couple...

As I look around the site, I'm having a lot of guilt come up and questions about whether I've made something out of nothing. I get what some people say about the effects of an event being more important than what it is classified as, but what if I've been calling something abuse that really...

Hi all, I am new to this forum but came upon it as I look to get help for PTSD. I have been in therapy for over 2 years related to CSA, depression, and anxiety and have recently been recommended for EMDR which has sent me on a fact-finding mission so I know what I'm embarking on. I struggle with...