Posted by star008 on December 12, 2007, at 12:59:23
In reply to First EMDR session next week - what to expect, posted by kezia on December 12, 2007, at 10:18:09
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Kezia,
Check out the forum that i listed above.. It is an EMDR forum run by one of the big EMDR people. It will teach you alot about it.
My personal experience with it-- WEll it worked wonderfully for an experience that I had a couple of yers ago involving a dead body..The experience was horrible and it haunted me..The memories were "in my face" all the time.. I saw images of it and it wouldn't leave me..EMDR took it away from me..Although I remember it well the emotional charge was not there anymore.. It worked right away. But, (there always has to be a "but"), huh?? lol.. This issue was different than some other issues I tried to work on. It did not effect my worth as a person, it did not effect the way I felt about myself the way some early memories do. IT was not something that was done to me, just somethng I witnessed,
When I tried EMDR for childhood trauma it was very traumatic. It took me days to get over it and I have a gret fear of doing EMDR again.. I need EMDR to get over the EMDR!!! I have a dissociative disorder and was not prepared for EMDR. It can be done but you need to do alot of ground work before attempting it. I was stuck in an inner child for days and days. I split off and couldn't gt back into my adult.
I would suggest trying it on something kind of like my first expereince..Something that doesn't effect your sense of being. Try it with something easier and see how it goes. Make sure your T screens you for dissociative disorders.. I didn't know I had one. I think it does work but can be very traumatic if you are not prepared for it. I don't know if I will ever do it again. I don't have the inner resources that you need to get through it and to deal with overpowering feelings.
I am not a very open person either.. It was hard to expose myself to EMDR but I went with it anyway.So.. I guess in my opinion, it does work but it depends what you are working on and the inner resources that you have. Good luck with your work..
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