#saccades make sense as a day-to-day unconscious actions... given how small the human fovea is

[soysaucevictim]

Given the foreword to this interesting video... yeah.

It seems that E/M/D/R is just an overwrought protocol to deliberately stim to ground and direct attention away from disturbing traumatic thoughts. (Grounding is all about practicing healthy detachment and pull you out of your head.)

The whole "it's easier to give your attention to something else than it is to stop thinking about Thing."

Frankly, I don't think the EM part is particularly a special activity - any repetitive stimulation could soothe/mitigate symptoms. (Not outright resolve the underlying issues.)

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Okay. Some commenter using the phrase "very memory based traumatic incidents" basically said nothing really.

So there's like just having an acute trauma response. Frankly something EVERYONE will experience eventually. Usually a death of a loved one because Death Is Like That. But also accidents and health crises Because Shit Happens.

The difference between THAT experience and (C-)PTSD is how that experience STAYS with you in a way that's significantly impacting your life. And one of the friggin' diagnostic criteria? Memory problems. Disturbing flashbulbs? Check. Dissociative amnesia (what I like to call Swiss-cheese memory)? Also, check.

I just- this person just regurgitated the byline of this treatment "being effective for PTSD" without actually saying PTSD. :I