Posted by alexandra_k on December 8, 2004, at 1:02:31
In reply to Re: hey, posted by memoryleaves on December 5, 2004, at 12:45:25
Thanks for taking the time to describe the process so clearly and in so much detail. I know that people have brought it up a bit on Psychobabble, but for some reason I had confused it with NLP and didn't read their posts.
How do you mean that you are screened for dissociation? Is it unsuitable for people who tend to dissociate? Or does it just need to move a bit slower or something?
It sounds like pretty intense trauma work. I don't think I would be ready for that yet - but it is great that you are, and that you are benefiting from it. It must take a lot of courage and hard work to get through doing something like that.> Then we'll do some sets of eye movements where he holds two fingers together and moves them from side to side for me to follow with my eyes only. They call it bilateral stimulation which can also been done without eye movements, such as by knee tapping, or alternating sounds. In between eye movements he'll ask me what's happening and I'll tell him and we'll focus on what's come up and do more eye movements until the memory is processed.
Hmm. I think I have read a little about that. The idea is supposed to be that you are processing it with both hemispheres so reason and eemotion come together and allow you to process it and move on - is that right? Thats the bit that I wasn't so convinced about - Oh, well, can't hurt I suppose :-)
> Usually after a session I feel physically wiped out- yeah, I bet.
I think that I would like to do EMDR one day. Not for a little while yet, though. I tend to dissociate and would take some time for me to be able to build up enough trust in someone so as to do trauma work.
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