EMDR Therapy, Dissociation, Flashbacks And Self-Harm

[Iam]

Wow, ok Lucy, that helps me a lot. Thank you, thank you! I am glad it is working well for you. Yes, I totally agree that it sounds bonkers...so does EFT, but people say it works and that is all that matters to me. Thanks again for the info ;o)

 

[Iam]

I set my appt with the EMDR specialist for Oct 5th. She will have just returned from a National EMDR conference which gives me even more confidence in her training. Ok....big breath. Dang I really don't want to have to go talk about myself to another dr.....Ah well, I want to get better more than I don't want to talk to another dr.!

 

[Meredith Monthcomery]

You are struggling because you are unearthing stuff you have buried for a long time. It's scary to do that Disconnect. The closer you get the harder it gets.....the good news is, on the stuff you already have processed....those won't hit you so hard anymore ;o) The stuff that is hard today will be easier and hopefully laid to rest tomorrow. Keep forging ahead Disconnect, take a break when you or your T think you should. I think we all need breathers, time to absorbed the hard things that have exhausted us. It's all part of the process, including the breaks ;o)

Have any of you experienced a flashback coming up in the form of a sound track? It happened to me, over 50 years after the original traumatic accident, on the anniversary day of the trauma, in front of the therapist. The entire sound track of the accident was released, loud and clear, so my therapist heard it, described what she was hearing and calidated I'd had the sounds of the accident stuck in my body all those years.