Hey @Scott88
Just letting you know I had a bad experience with EMDR as well but tried it two more times thinking it was a cure all if I could just do it. I hyperventilated and passed out each time.
My T back then tried EMDR after she met me only once and I had not disclosed details of my full past thinking I was fine until the trauma that landed me with her so I can’t blame her fully (although my husband does) but she never forced anything and I wasn’t talking. She agreed to stop EMDR after 3 attempts even though I never really did one without hyperventilating and blacking out, etc.
My husband finally convinced me to find someone else which I remember thinking wasn’t possible because I truly believe/believed she meant well and I was so scared like I’m sure you were.
Now after being with my new T for a year I’m so glad I listened to my husband and I’m starting to feel myself trusting my new T (this is a miracle in itself in such a short time) and realizing my old T just wasn’t properly trained on EMDR and just couldn’t help me. Or who knows? I just know it seemed to bring everything out all at once without warning and I felt like I went from maybe PTSD to PTSD on steroids after the first session.
I apologize to those who do EMDR and have success with it if I’m offending you. I certainly wanted it to work. I just think different trauma therapies work for different people. But I’m no Doctor so....
Just letting you know I had a bad experience with EMDR as well but tried it two more times thinking it was a cure all if I could just do it. I hyperventilated and passed out each time.
My T back then tried EMDR after she met me only once and I had not disclosed details of my full past thinking I was fine until the trauma that landed me with her so I can’t blame her fully (although my husband does) but she never forced anything and I wasn’t talking. She agreed to stop EMDR after 3 attempts even though I never really did one without hyperventilating and blacking out, etc.
My husband finally convinced me to find someone else which I remember thinking wasn’t possible because I truly believe/believed she meant well and I was so scared like I’m sure you were.
Now after being with my new T for a year I’m so glad I listened to my husband and I’m starting to feel myself trusting my new T (this is a miracle in itself in such a short time) and realizing my old T just wasn’t properly trained on EMDR and just couldn’t help me. Or who knows? I just know it seemed to bring everything out all at once without warning and I felt like I went from maybe PTSD to PTSD on steroids after the first session.
I apologize to those who do EMDR and have success with it if I’m offending you. I certainly wanted it to work. I just think different trauma therapies work for different people. But I’m no Doctor so....
