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[keepingthehopealive]

EMDR #6 pt 2

I attempted actual EMDR.

After we came back from the short break, I sterted to get super anxious about even trying to do EMDR. It was partially about just not being able to tolerate it or do it, the fear of getting or feeling trapped in it and it being too much and not being able to communicate that or stop it since thats a common feeling for me. ET talked me through what it would look like and explained how it would go. We were using the buzzers for bilateral stimulation, which i know for me is a better option than eye movements since I cant usually keep my head up or maintain eye contact during sessions.

The bigger fear was more about when we actually get to working on addressing the mom stuff though. I expressed how im so afraid to have these conversations and even thoughts because I dont know how it will change things in the relationship (with my mom and others) and the stress in the family if there was that shift. ET is not and has never told me to change my relationship or level of contact with my mother, but its more that I know that the relationship is unhealthy and unhelpful for me and affects everything so im afraid to address and acknowledge things. ET reassured that anxiety that us talking about it or doing something with this does not mean anything needs to or will change and that we are also not making any decisions right now about anything. Im reminding myself that we are doing this work because I am struggling to do therapy and help myself with trusting the people who are trying to help me. The trust, lack of it, is one of the barriers and affects all my relationships too.

It took a bit but we determined a work situation that would be a good "tester" situation/theme to trial doing EMDR with. I took the buzzers and we started to talk about work. She set it up beforehand that we were going to have the scene be a movie on a big screen so we are just watching it as we talk about it and do the EMDR. She had me imagine my dog being next to me since hes a good grounding resource for me but also mentioned that we'll do more work to build up the supporitve resources for doing EMDR. The situation is that were understaffed at work most days so my anxiety builds a lot as im driving in and coming onto my shift knowing were gonna be busy and the assignments will be hard. So I imagined the room where we start our shifts by doing huddle, basically a quick meeting with updates on the unit, hospital, kids, families etc. ET asked about what the belief is that we could use and its the "I cant do this" and just the huge overwhelm of anxiety. I said the replacement belief id like to feel is that im capable of providing good care to the kids even if its stressful, busy and understaffed. We moved on to the somatic sensations which was tightness, particularly in my arms, and freeze. We were doing the bilateral stimuation with the buzzers and I did notice some movement and change in the sensations as the tightness moved down my arms and shifted to a more heaviness.

We somehow ended up in a more parts work approach because we were talking about the "I cant do it" and the overwhelm and she was asking about what the imagry with it was. It was myself curled in a smallest ball/fetal position (which is often how I am in therapy sessions and outside of them) trying to keep myself safe and bringing down the distress. She was coaching me to try to imagine a kind, caring figure comforting me and reassuring me that its ok. For a quick second I actually was imagining my grandmother being the caring figure with me in the room. I wasnt super close to her but she was always a kind caring safe person in my life growing up when I did see her. She used the examples of how i would respond to a baby or kid at work in those moments of dysregulation, so things like physical comfort with touch and holding. My judgemental critic immediate came out strong and blocking it. ET tried to guide me through imagining that part on the other side of a soundproof wall where it could still be there, but didnt need to be involved or control it. That part was too strong though, telling me to get over it, deal with it, grow up and be stronger. It was short lasting before I started to fully panic and wasnt able to seperate from that.

I was spiraling with the shame that I couldnt do it, do the EMDR all the way through, once again. ET tried to normalize that she often does little bits of EMDR intertwined with parts work and then more somatic based regulation skills and was just generally trying to say that it was OK and that we would keep working on it.

Because the imagry of curling up and being in a ball was what we were focusing on, the urge and sensation in my body to physically do the same was so strong and loud and I really struggle to not do it. I expressed that I needed to stop and asked if I could put the buzzers down which ET was fine with so i placed them on the couch. I was able to verbalize the need to curl up but also how I didnt want to do that because it doesnt really help me regulate and usually actually increases the panic, hyperventilating and distress. ET suggested me taking a blanket nd wrapping it around myself and then crossing my arms across my chest and gently rubbing them with the opposite hand to get the bilateral stimulation and I believe some comfort or safety too. I did accept the blanket but had it in my lap and was gripping on to it. ET had her blanket wrapped around her shoulders the way she was trying to encourage me to do, but that felt too hard for me. I also wasnt able to rub my arms or do that piece but i did have one finger that was keeping some movement in my body. These 2 things were also the homework she gave me to try to work on, especially in my therapy with PT. I realized after that I think the main barrier to me even attempting these things is that i cant fathom the thought of comforting or being kind to myself. Its the opposite of what I deserve. And it feels like itll just feed the neediness and the weakness instead of a harsher approach which would stop it.

[serenityquest]

[evilandcrazygirl]

i hate ocd it’s truly a never ending plague the amount of time I waste literally just checking is my alarm set is the door locked is the milk in the fridge checking checking checking oh did you know you’re going to kill the earth if you don’t pick that scab btw 🤣🤣🤣

[backpackingspace]

My therapist: Okay don't freak out but you ....know if you want to know the long term physiological affects of being tortured you have to go to a doctor right?

Me: yes but consider I'm never going to do that so what's your best guest

My therapist: you mean besides the insane amount of trauma ?

[clownov]

i think.. i Thingk..... talking to 3 therapists in 2 days Might have been bad for me.........

[overwhelmedfrog]

fellow sapphics who had an intense homoerotic friendship in high school that ultimately imploded and ended in disaster, how we feeling since chappell roan released her new song?

[nature-played-a-trick-on-me]

Why is it so hard to get specialised mental health care in the netherlands whyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I'm an adult and I know what troubles me and I know which therapies I've tried and didn't help me and I know what therapies could help me and which I haven't tried yet and which are evidence based so I go to my gp and ask for therapy and I get a referral and I have an intake and I say this is my problem, these therapies I've tried which didn't work, I would like to try this therapy because xyz, and I get the same unsuccessful therapy after waiting for half a year!!! IF TALK THERAPY WAS HELPFUL FOR ME I WOULDVE BEEN CURED OF ALL MENTAL ILLNESS THRICE OVER!

[telechats1121]

Trauma EMDR is a more specialized form of EMDR therapy that is used to target trauma-related symptoms and experiences. Trauma EMDR is particularly effective for individuals who experienced trauma through abuse, accidents, or combat, and who may be struggling with flashbacks, hypervigilance, and emotional numbing. EMDR therapy specialized to help individuals process traumatic memories and build adaptive coping skills.

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Intensive EMDR

Intensive EMDR therapy we specialized focused approach in the healing of trance and emotional recovery. In these rapid and concentrated therapy sessions appearing in the same week, the person can work through a lot of traumatic incidents and emotionally recover very quickly. Intensive sessions combine the principles of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to specifically target distressing memories, negative belief systems, and symptoms related to these core issues for deeper emotional healing and resolution. We take an approach to treatment that is tailored to the individual and moves quickly so that people have an efficient pathway to all the healing, empowerment, and emotional sustainability they need in their lives.

[keepingthehopealive]

EMDR session 6 (pt 1)

This is just part one because its long but was the first half of the session before we actually tried EMDR. I see her again this week so wanted to get this written down before then and hopefully it helps someone for me to share my experiences

Started with small talk but I was already quiet and frozen which ET commented on. She first commented that I didnt have a drink which I normally did, and then that i was much quieter than normal.

We talked a bit about last month and how I felt like it was a failure. ET brought up the first time she asked for percentages of how much of me wants to get better I said 5% and last time I said 20% so that is big progress. She also mentioned that we tried flash technique again and I cut it down and said I couldnt do it and I failed. ET will say that she knows we have a different view and opinion of things instead of arguing back to my beliefs and arguements. I later asked if she ever tells people that EMDR is not for them or gives up on people (because she is a huge advocate for and super passionate about EMDR and has a lot of confidence in her skills and knowledge in general) and she said people usually come to their own conclusion and decide to leave on their own. So she turned it around on me saying ive continued to show up and try.

ET asked about things with PT since we had talked last time about how the freeze has been tough and weve been stuck and the ways we cycle in our sessions. I talked about her kind and gentle responses being so triggering and challenging for me because a part of me wants it and then theres so much shame with that and the part that doesnt want to need it.

This led to a conversation about needs and not getting them met in the right way when I was young. I argued that I did get enough, its just my problem that it was never enough for me and so I shouldnt need or want it now. She said that it will never be the right thing now but it can be something. Her analogy was that it would be like trying to fill a gas tank with diesel, that maybe it was offered to me but it wasnt the right thing so it would have never worked or been enough. Her approach to it was very nonjudgemental and nonshameful which of course was my feelings and reaction. We tried to do an exercise of just sitting with both the wanting the care, validation and support and also the rejecting that happens and the shame with it. I really struggled with the balance of it because of how strong the shame is and how loud that voice is.

ET asked about anger and if it is something I ever feel. I said only internalized and anger at myself, not with others. She pushed that its likely there, that I just dont express it or feel safe expressing it. She talked about there being felt anger towards the attachment figures who havent met my needs; my mom, K, PT, and even her. She talked about how when we grow up constantly having to protect others emotions, its a normal response to become an internalizer. Weve talked quite a bit about my mom but she made an observation that still kind of took me back with the accuracy of it. She started talking about how my mom is an externalizer and asked if theres any part of me that would want to externalize the emotions, the anger, my needs, in a similar way to the way my mom has and does.

ET asked about my mom as a therapist, at least my interpretation. Which might be valid given im pretty much her supervisor and she has no boundaries. It was funny when I said I think my mom is pretty relational in her approach and ET commented how thats ironic given shes not strong with relationships in her life. This conversation led to us talking about how my mistrust with therapist stems a lot from my mom. ET asked if that would be something that I would want to work on with her and EMDR, and talked about how she believes its important, and contributes just as much as the stuff with K (former therapist), especially since it comes before then. I said that yes I would be willing to do it but that also the hopelessness of us knowing that I wont be able to do it and wont be able to tolerate it. ET had this moment of passion and excitment about it and said she is so down to do this and wants to help me with it. One thing is for sure is she is very very passionate about EMDR and her work.

ET talked about how we could approach it two ways. We could do flaah technique or like a different form of EMDR that would be a little less intense for me to bring the intensity of it down so we could do full EMDR with it, or we could try doing EMDR with something unrelated and not as activating for me to just have the experience of what its like to do EMDR and what its like to bring down the distress with something through EMDR, to have that positive experience wirh it so we can get to this stuff when im more ready. That was what we agreed to do ultimately and it was almost exactly halfway through the session so we took a short break before jumping into it.

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[sensitiveaangel]

reading through my emdr journals from a couple years ago is like 😮 i had ptsd for real and am actually living such a better life now…who knew!!

[nature-played-a-trick-on-me]

Therapy is so awkward. She wanted me to do emdr on this fear I have of a specific incident happening again and I had to make a mental image of that.... now I can speak up so I was like I think that's not a great idea and I think that'll make the fear worse and in my expectation emdr hasn't super helped.... other things did but emdr alone did not. Fortunately she agreed after but then we sort of randomly did emdr on a different memory ?? And then afterwards she was like okay I think we will take a different approach next week.

[telechats1121]

EMDR

EMDR Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy treatment used to relieve the distress associated with traumatic memories and experiences. The client undergoes a series of standardized procedures in which the therapist applies bilateral stimulation the kind of stimulation used eye movements or tapping to assist the client in reprocessing distressing memories and creating adaptive coping strategies.