Posted by partlycloudy on September 15, 2004, at 19:01:07
In reply to Re: Day Two » partlycloudy, posted by Pfinstegg on September 15, 2004, at 18:21:00
I asked whether this EMDR therapy was a treatment with a beginning and an end, or like therapy which goes on until one of you dies of old age. It's meant to be a finite number of appointments, at the end of which your mind has processed particular events in your memory that triggered anxiety or panic before.
My anxiety level is easily half that what it was on most days, unless I'm trying not to drink, in which case my heart is leaping out of my throat. Of course, I can tell you that having a drink does NOT ease my anxiety - it has only ever been my escape hatch into oblivion. PC is just "erased" when she drinks.
The really cool thing about my treatment is that my regular T and the EMDR T work across the hall from each other, and we share notes (emails or phone messages) about where I am up to with each therapist. I really don't think I could be in better hands. I feel very priviledged.
I'm sure I'll be posting more - thanks for reading.
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