This is very erudite and illuminating. I had a first EMDR session today and feel like it was a wasted effort because I couldn't hold the memory while looking at the blue dot on the screen. I was basically told to find a memory from my past, articulate the negative core belief, notice the body sensations, then holding the memory while looking at the dot. I don't see how this will ever get me out of a constrained effort toward healing. Am I doing something wrong? How come the memories fall apart when I try to hold them, but the trauma feels so real?
Figuratively speaking.....I tend to make my brownies in the sand box and drive my car off the overpass onto the freeway. I over think the crap out of it. I don't like it and know I'm not supposed to but it usually happens. Why is this!?!? I mean I'm afraid of what feelings will come up but I really want then to also. It's also a new therapist so I guess I'm not feeling the most trust but this is my common theme. I overthink therapy and it really hurts me by setting me back and wasting money on a poor therapy session I'm paying for. Any advice? I'm to in my head. I have ADHD but even when taking my stimulant med i still struggle to just..........be.😮💨
Vega Oksana, yes, with a therapist who is trained in EMDR Therapy and is competent in working with dissociative identity disorder issues. EMDR is a great treatment for clients with DID.
Really well said! Thank you for making such a complicated subject simple and understandable.
This is very erudite and illuminating. I had a first EMDR session today and feel like it was a wasted effort because I couldn't hold the memory while looking at the blue dot on the screen. I was basically told to find a memory from my past, articulate the negative core belief, notice the body sensations, then holding the memory while looking at the dot. I don't see how this will ever get me out of a constrained effort toward healing. Am I doing something wrong? How come the memories fall apart when I try to hold them, but the trauma feels so real?
Amazing video thanks 🙏
Figuratively speaking.....I tend to make my brownies in the sand box and drive my car off the overpass onto the freeway.
I over think the crap out of it. I don't like it and know I'm not supposed to but it usually happens. Why is this!?!?
I mean I'm afraid of what feelings will come up but I really want then to also.
It's also a new therapist so I guess I'm not feeling the most trust but this is my common theme. I overthink therapy and it really hurts me by setting me back and wasting money on a poor therapy session I'm paying for.
Any advice? I'm to in my head. I have ADHD but even when taking my stimulant med i still struggle to just..........be.😮💨
Would you recommend EMDR for dissociative identity disorder?
Vega Oksana, yes, with a therapist who is trained in EMDR Therapy and is competent in working with dissociative identity disorder issues. EMDR is a great treatment for clients with DID.
@@thomaszimmerman6659 Would it break down the protective barriers in DID that prevent fully knowing traumatic content?