I did EMDR for ~7 months a few years ago and it helped some. Actually feel doing it myself at home helped as much as in office. Don’t think I was ever really able to fully relax and let myself go in an office setting….I liked the therapist but there always was some underlying “scanning for danger” going on which I think impeded progress, at home that is not an issue.
I finished 4 weeks of neurofeedback about a month ago and would say that is the one modality, I’ve been in my healing phase for ~10yrs, where I could feel the changes going on inside.
During the worse periods of my life/severe social anxiety/panic,I have CPTSD, I would experience a “pressure” in the temple area of my skull. That actually correlated with a “hot spot” on the qEEG even though I’ve for the most part quieted down the anxiety.
After neurofeedback that area has, let’s say, returned to normal and that underlying dread of being around people is actually lifting.
One interesting thing is for a few weeks I was really on edge, my patience was lacking even tho through meditation and therapy I had it under control. The specialist said it was not an uncommon occurrence, that as the brain rewires itself it can cause some annoyance to the system and would subside. Which it has.
Once the brain learns an easer path to take, imagine the amount of energy we waste fighting our internal struggles, it relaxes into a new set point.
I hadn’t discovered neurofeedback when I was doing EMDR but don’t think I would have done both at the same time. Guess let each do it’s thing and the end result is greater.
Each modality leads to another and they grow on each other…it’s a journey and not a race.
Or I may have said screw it and did both…I want to get better now, and don’t think there are any contraindications.
One thing is I probably would have started out with neurofeedback way back when if it was an option!
