EMDR: has anyone tried this? Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing therapy

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On 6/27/2023 at 8:42 PM, catmama said:

Any updates from anyone who’s done EMDR therapy while in withdrawal? 
 

I’m starting EMDR with a highly trained therapist in two weeks. I’m still actively in a wave. But the wave was triggered by massive emotional distress, which I believe was so intense because it touched on deeper childhood wounds. I have hardly changed my⁷ dose over the past 3-4 months. So it would seem that the only way out is through. 

Now that I have been doing emdr for longer I can see that it may be a longer proccess as it reveals the layers under the symptoms

 The ucs in the body.I am focusing on sleep issues as I think that this will help me stabilize my nervous system further. I think it is worth it. I  think I am coming to the end of my protracted withdrawal so unraveling some of this is worth it. At my most difficult points I used mindful process called RAIN by Tara Brach it was helpful in dealing with difficult emotions as they arose.