EMDR
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Hi, I’m reaching out to try and ask others about their experience with EMDR. Yesterday my (new) psychologist started some EMDR with me. My previous psychologist made me do a disassociation test and determined I shouldn’t do EMDR and my psychiatrist a... View more
Hi, I’m reaching out to try and ask others about their experience with EMDR. Yesterday my (new) psychologist started some EMDR with me. My previous psychologist made me do a disassociation test and determined I shouldn’t do EMDR and my psychiatrist agreed with her. So never started. Cut to a couple years later and my psychiatrist recommended I start seeing a new psychologist that offers DBT but rather than start on that he’s been more focused on EMDR. He didn’t get me to do a quiz or anything. Anyway yesterday when he started he asked me to recall a memory and then follow his hand. Sometimes I wasn’t back in the memory but simply looking at his hand. I didn’t tell him that as I didn’t want to upset or offend him or do the wrong thing. Should I have told him? Is it normal that this happens (just watching his hand not recalling the event)? Sometimes I could recall the event maybe 40% memory 60% just watching his hand. Is what I’m saying making sense. Anyway would love to know others experiences and how you’d feel the day after. Today I feel so depressed and can’t stop crying. Thanks for reading this far and any help / advice / comments welcome. Emmy.