Emdr Aftermath?

[macca]

That first session was mind numbing. The ones that followed just as intense but the first one was like unscrewing a fizzed up bottle and leaving top top off for the pop to settle.

That description really resonated with me! Thanks!

The split off part of you that has been silenced had a chance to communicate

That freaked me out, as after the flashback occurred and I had become badly dissociated, I heard a small child's voice say "why did they hurt me?". Grip the seats peeps, the crazy ride is starting! I hope not, but that was surreal, and I'm still not sure I understand it.

Have a hotline or after hours clinic phone number handy.

This is good advice. I wanted to call someone, but didn't end up doing it. I think I should have. Thanks for all your feedback.

Well done Macca

Thanks Barconian! :)

@change thanks for the association suggestions - I'll keep these in mind for next time, as I was off the planet for a bit! Saturn looks pretty - lol! As for the dream, well, I can't take credit for that. It was amazing though, and weird!

Actually, tonight I feel not too bad. Hoping that it's a good sign.

 

[Lioness]

I had my first EMDR session a week ago and I am still very sensitive and fragile. My therapist said I would need to take it easy the first night but I didn't realise how much it would take out of me! I am super jumpy, more than normal, and am having nightmares about my attacker nightly. Before my nightmares were about unrelated stimulus, like seeing something scary on tv.

It's pretty hard having nightmares about my attacker because I really don't want to think of him. I guess that's the whole point, I need to think through the trauma?

For the last week I have pretty much taken it easy, I even went to a spa for the weekend to try and unwind which helped. I am worried about having my next session because this first one took so much out of me and we didn't even go into anything that "deep" or upsetting for me.

My partner and sister have been wonderfully supportive but I don't want to burden them with talking about it all the time but it's hard not to when you feel so fragile. It's crazy if I had broken my leg I wouldn't mind complaining, but because it's my brain I feel like a burden.

 

[macca]

@Lioness I hope you are ok. It's pretty heavy. I hope it's helped you, another step on the path to recovery. Is there any way you can contact your T before the next session, just to check? If there's one thing I've learned in therapy, it's to ask questions! I'd be inclined not to have another EMDR until you feel stabilised from this one, but I'm no expert, and I've only had one session of it so far.

 

[CharlotteE]

Hi All,

I would like to say I have completed my 10 sessions of EMDR following trauma in my life, my first two sessions I really didn't enjoy, learning to trust your T and that feeling the treatment isn't going to work, I felt like giving up. But I gave it time and pushed myself to keep going and remaining positive. my advice is to power through and go with what they are telling you to do. After my 10th session I feel completely at ease and the therapy has done magical wonders to my life, I can now deal with situations and my past without feeling all that hurt and emotion. I don't know where I would be now if I havnt received EMDR and very thankful for all the support that was given. I must say after a week of being discharged and feeling completely well, I am having quite vivid nightmares most evenings for the last 7 days, and not sure why.