Afraid To Do More Emdr

[therapybankrupt]

You endup chasing your tail in circles, basically.

Great analogy anthony! I have been there done that! What a waist of time energy and finances. If only someone would develop long term treatment centers affordable for trauma patients. Go away until it is over possibly for a year or two.

In the old days they had what were called mental hospitals where people went when they broke. But the outcome was usually not good for returning to wellness. The old ways of treatment were shock therapy, isolation and sedation. Much of which we know does not work in extream. Now we know what works why not have places like this that do EMDR and trama treatment. It would save the insurance company loads of money. Everyone could get help. Nothing to be ashamed to go to. You were injured and you get well. Dream Land!

 

[LaurieJ]

Wow! Thank you for all of your responses.

Anthony,
I think you are right that without a stable home environment trauma work is ineffective. My home life is stable to a degree but there is still some instability there (an ill relative). Previous to today's EMDR session there was a time period of six month's worth of foundation work to afford me with the proper coping skills. I know that I feel better after today's session but I don't know that it really fixed anything for me in the long run as the same issues keep arising. I don't know at this point if I'll do more sessions.
Laurie

 

[anthony]

EMDR is only going to solve past trauma negative emotion, it doesn't solve behavioural aspects. It's no different from trauma focused CBT. They only focus on the trauma. You need to learn relation and other skills, which are different therapies. You need to learn fear reduction through exposure, which takes time and is practical mainly. When you combine them all together, you have a complete package to help someone with PTSD. Not one or another by themselves will solve most of the major issues PTSD presents, even though most claim otherwise.