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PTSDisaster
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So even when you're emotionally shut off when doing emdr, do you all still keep trying emdr? Or what happened when you and your therapists found out that you can't actually reach the trauma?
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@Freida While I'm not doing emdr...I totally get the brain "switching off" when enough is enough, or enough is too much......and what comes out of my mouth is either....."done for today" or "time to go" to the therapist....I stand up.....and leave. I'm doing a little better....I should find some other word to indicate done...other than "time to go."yep -- totally normal
If we get too close to things my brain switches off. Just....done.
Can't get it back no matter how hard I try. Usually it means I'm overwhelmed and a nasty bout of dissociation is kicking in.
So we either switch to something else or just chat about "safe" subjects until my brain clears up or the appt time is over.
EMDR takes as long as it takes - you can't rush thru it. That was a huge issue for me because I'm goal oriented and figured this would be the same way. Have memory, do emdr, memory no longer a problem, done in my timeline, all is good
Ya. Nope
EMDR will just laugh at you for making plans!
So even when you're emotionally shut off when doing emdr, do you all still keep trying emdr? Or what happened when you and your therapists found out that you can't actually reach the trauma?
If the event happened a while ago I think what happens over time is all the memories around the trauma event fade and disappear. We can numb ourselves and hide parts of that trauma away with "internal propaganda". We want to feel nothing from that memory.So even when you're emotionally shut off when doing emdr, do you all still keep trying emdr? Or what happened when you and your therapists found out that you can't actually reach the trauma?