How EMDR Psychotherapy works in your brain 

Wow! Thank you so much for your kind words. We just wanted to give people a simple explanation for a complex process, in the hopes that more people will seek out help. We now have the tools to help people in a way we could not before. You made my day!

Thanks

Interested to work together, do you have website?

Same. Just once, 20 years ago and the incessant dreams have stopped. I also lost my ability to 'dissociate'. I miss that at times :-) sort of. Around that time I read a book called "The Courage to Heal". I strongly recommend it. Stay strong.

Talking with a therapist who is trained in EMDR can assist you in determining if this is something that can be addressed using EMDR.

A clinical evaluation would be important, but I would recommend trying EMDR on that issue and see what happens.

Hi, I have done EMDR and am considered to have complex PTSD which means I experienced many interpersonal traumas growing up, as it sounds like you did. What has worked for me is doing EMDR on one of the memories, whether it causes distress when I think about it or not because I am really good at repressing emotions and bodily sensations as a self defense mechanism. I rarely feel distressed by the memory but since I study psychology I am able to connect my anxiety back to certain times of my life and then I pick a memory that I think best represents the traumatic experience I want to work through. I didn't immediately feel better in regard to the memory but I noticed a few weeks later how much my anxiety had improved and months later I see even more of an improvement. The thing with EMDR is it isn't a quick fix, you won't leave the session feeling cured, you might leave it feeling slightly worse because the brain is working to reprocess the memory. You will likely feel tired after an EMDR session and may have weird dreams (any *legit* EMDR therapist will explain this to you). So I highly recommend trying it out and see if it works for you. I would also recommend looking for a therapist with a *current* EMDRIA license because I almost started EMDR with a non-license clinician and it could've been bad. I can try to answer any other questions you have, this worked for me and something else might work for you so keep an open mind. I began doing EMDR after going on vacation and not being able to enjoy a second of it because I was triggered the whole time. It sounds like you might be getting to a similar point and no one deserves to feel that way. I hope you get the help you deserve :)

Your brain knows and EMDR can help you "figure it out". Anxiety and panic reflect the sense of danger, of being in constant danger. EMDR can calm down your brain and assure it that the danger is over, and that you are safe from that now. It's worth the try. Seek out an experienced EMDR therapist

Similar memories are targeted when you’re working with one memory because the trauma response is stored in the same area. Read The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk.

@@ambermunster4704 Thanks for this, it's really helpful. Suppressed emotions are my problem. Most therapies don't work that well if the emotion doesn't resurface.

How is it going now?