Posted by memoryleaves on December 3, 2004, at 22:01:02
In reply to Re: New Psychobabbler, posted by alexandra_k on December 3, 2004, at 19:23:31
Hi there,
Thanks for the kind welcome and for directing me on how to log off. I appreciate it.
Regarding EMDR, it was initially extremely helpful working through some single traumas that had caused many distressing phobias. It has also helped to create insight into past situations I could not fathom before, which I think in turn has helped me in the self-esteem department. It is certainly odd for me to announce to others my future aspirations as I did in my intro post because before EMDR, considering that I just might deserve to have aspirations, or even *feel* them, was not at all conceivable to me. Life was just something you got through. It is quite a change I've experienced, and it's taking some getting used to.
Not that I've reached the other side of the dark tunnel yet. I have a way's to go, and there are some trauma's that I haven't been able to consider going near yet. Problem is, that's kind of where we are in therapy. It's time to work on *those* traumas because they're at the forefront. So I'm stuck, and it's not pleasant. But one thing I've learned is that if I'm stuck it's not forever, especially in EMDR, because things move quickly in this therapy. And perhaps there are more insights for me to learn before stepping into the mire that could very well make the whole process that much easier. One can hope, right?
sorry if I've rambled a bit much:)
poster:memoryleaves
thread:423909
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