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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...

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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...

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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...

I just came back to this site after being gone for a long time and looked up my posts. This is the 1st that popped up so had to update. August 5, 2016 I was on 2.5 to 3mg Klonopin and proposed to my psych doc (Pdoc) that he help me taper using the Ashton detox method, which is using a Valium...

Saw my psych doctor yesterday and discussed getting off the Klonopin. His advice. Do it quickly. It's going to be hell but it's when you get down to the lower doses when it gets really difficult. I'm on 3mg and he wants me to cut down to 2.5mg. He said in his experience he's never had any...

Susan, I just started reading this book yesterday on Kindle. My therapist told me last week I had Complex-PTSD. I've just returned to this site and saw another book which lead me to this one. I have a hard time staying focused on reading anything these days, but can't put this book down. I...

I'm doing it for me as I can't function and don't want to function this way, but the hurt I've caused my family is also a big motivator.

I've been on 3mg Klonopin for years and desperately want to get off of this horrible drug. This past month I was taking 4mg and one day last week after a big argument with my 30yo daughter which triggered my PTSD I self-medicated by taking Klonopin all day. It was a one day thing and luckily I...

Al day today I've been out of it and I realize it's due to yesterday's therapy session. Looking back at the session I now realize that I totally dissociated after bringing up the rape. My d is on my case constantly about taking too many drugs and that I'm manic. I have been dx'd BP, but she...

Last week my therapist suggested a family meeting after my daughter got mad at me and I got seriously triggered. My d is a nurse, 30, and tries to mother me. Her anger was over something stupid, but I reacted to it by spending the day self-medicating on Klonopin. The next day we talked, made...

Thanks for your responses. Got little sleep last night and this morning was rough. Went off on my H a couple times, but as the day progressed I started feeling better. I working on a quilt for my H for Christmas so worked on that, which felt good. Laid down this afternoon and meditated using...

I started EMDR in July and it was rough for the first few months. I usually dissociated and it took me days to recover. The last couple months we've been working on present things, like health problems, issues with my psychiatrist and last week we worked on my H getting frustrated with my...

I haven't posted since November 19th, which was a thread about how upset I was when my Pdoc yelled at me and called me an addict for taking sleeping pills. Pills that he prescribed. I ended up writing him a letter expressing how triggering his yelling at me had been. I told him it reminded me...