What is Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy?
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- Опубликовано: 15 апр 2019
- EMDR is an evidence-based treatment where repetitive eye movement is used to make telling a story easier.
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Highly recommend EMDR. This form of therapy really accelerates desensitization and the brain connecting thoughts, memories, images, feelings, physical sensations from past to present. Once this happens it’s cathartic and no longer has the same intensity and gravity to re-trigger you. No CBT or DBT or any other form of talk therapy has ever had such a profound effect within a short amount of time as EMDR has. 😊
That’s because not every therapy is effective with certain disorders. CBT and DBT are effective for other types of disorders-they are NOT applicable to every disorder. Just like EMDR is not for every disorder-but amazing for PTSD.
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So too, just talking about it in a therapeutic situation is helpful in overcoming trauma and reducing intensity.. The light objection or distraction just sounds like a 'hypnotic suggestion' to me to make people think it's easier to talk about their traumas which can be extremely hard to talk about of course.
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I have Functional Neurological Disorder due to PTSD. It manifested itself Oct 2021, after being diagnosed with Breast Cancer (for the 2nd time)! I have thought “many times” about doing EMDR. I think I’m convinced that it’s something I Need to do!
Reading “the body keeps the score” great book. He’s talking about how effective this is.
i realize it's kinda randomly asking but does anyone know a good place to watch new movies online ?
@@rogershepherd9995 I use Amazon prime myself. You have to pay tho for the new new ones
But I couldn't find real scientific researches which show that this is effective...
@@luhpova5027 the proof is in the pudding
Reading the EMDR charter. It’s been a great book so far.
Didn't realise I had ptsd until a month ago. Had my first emdt session yesterday.
Had some crazy ass dreams last night and woke up today feeling a bit down. But honestly I am positive about the future. Been subdued and controlled by my physical and mental health conditions since childhood and I already feel a weight lifting.
Can't believe it's taken me 30 years to do this
Oh shoot, now I'm afraid to.go to sleep tonight!
Hey mate, I hope all is well, do you have a follow up to your experience with EMDR?
Yup! Right there with ya. I'm 51, just found out a few months ago all the things I've been dealing with my whole life are all CPTSD symptoms. I'm very Glad to know it now!
The dreams though. Your 🧠 is reorganizing itself 🥰
What matters isn’t how long it took you but the fact that you finally are and I’m sure having dealt with this stuff for so long doesn’t make it any easier to try to address it now.
I did 2 sessions of EDMR and it really helped me overcome PTSD
That’s awesome 👏
What type of PTSD were your diagnosed with if I may respectfully ask? You said you did 2 sessions of EDMR & it helped you overcome your PTSD. 'Overcome' is a big word that holds allot of meaning behind it. 2 sessions? I'm just curious?
@@charlcieg1 PTSD can be tied to a single event or a series or collection of events. If someone has PTSD tied to one specific event then the EMDR treatment can be very short, unlike those with sever PTSD who may be in it for the long-haul. Hope that helps!
I am an EMDR therapist. This therapy is extremely effective for most people. It is not unusual to have an increase in disturbance when the therapy first starts but it is a much shorter therapy that often brings relief very quickly. For those having some disturbance, I recommend listening to "EMDR music" through ear phones or buds. These can be found on you tube as well. Listening to this type of music can be very calming but will not reprocess memories.
You're just in if for the money. It's stupid and worthless
@@prestonsurls7417 It didn't work for me.
@@prestonsurls7417 you are a genuine numbskull.
@@nazeemameen1253 well what was the salary you offered? Did the job come with benefits? What was the position being filled? Did you mess up the interview and scare the candidate away? I have so many questions
My therapist is about to start this with me and encouraged me to research it without going in depth with what happens during the sessions so I can’t prepare responses or overthink. I’m excited since no other therapist has ever tried to work through my issues in this way, the way I truly want.
Good luck to you on your journey of healing.
hey! how's it going? does it help you out? do you like it?
All the best and happy for you. You deserve the best life❤️
Did it help??
I'll try too...did it help? 😅
i don’t have ptsd but right now my therapist has been doing this type of therapy to help me manage my anxiety and depression symptoms, it’s helped a lot and when i’m out under large amounts of stress i feel as if i can manage it better
Please consider redoing this video - there are some big pieces missing/misrepresented.
The explanation of the "eye movement" piece is misleading - it might be calming or distracting...but that's not why the therapist is doing it, and it's not why the therapy works. Perhaps this video was made to try to explain the benefits of EMDR to laypeople; but without explaining the core reason why it works - trauma gets stuck in the right brain and you need to incorporate both hemispheres in order to fully process the trauma like we do with other experiences - you miss the entire point. If I'd seen this video and stopped there with my research, I doubt I ever would've tried EMDR because it sounds just like hypnotism or other forms of therapy.
PTSD presents in many different ways, including the extremely common symptom of experiencing a sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) response due to triggers, and memory loss. Incorporating these into the video would provide a more complete picture as well. "When a person has PTSD, it usually means that painful memories become a problem in a person's life," while not inaccurate, there are many, many of us who experience the opposite. We have intense reactions, but can't figure out why. We have negative thought patterns, but haven't relived the memories from the initial trauma(s) that started that thought pattern in years, so we have no awareness of why we do things like drink alone or can't get out of bed in the morning, think we are worthless, are stuck in a job or relationship that is unhealthy, etc. This is at least as common as the "memories on a loop" presentation of PTSD, but arguably more important to call out because people often do not realize this could be PTSD and EMDR can help with that.
I appreciate your efforts to present EMDR in an accessible way. I think with a few small tweaks this could be a great video.
Great explained. Is it possible to have side effects from EMDR? I so scared to try it, because i read about some weird experiences.
@@Maria20t From what I know, the only side effects are heightened emotions or more traumatic memories coming up - but that's the whole point of the therapy. You re-live the trauma in a safe place where your body can finally process it and let it go.
I think my practitioner said I might experience up to 90 sec of sustained heightened emotions before they process out; I found this to be accurate. Pretty sure he also said we *could* stop (although it's better to go through; and he's trained to notice if there is some severe dissociation or any other red flags).
I'd say consult with a few practitioners and pick one you feel comfortable with; give it a try.
I'm sorry, but where did you get this stuff about memories being stuck in the right brain and needing both hemispheres to process them. I've been reading a lot of the original material on it and the Adaptive Information Processing model and there's nothing I've seen about hemispheric distribution of memories, rather it is about traumatic memories needing reprocessing and that eye movements assist in this processing. One paper documents changes in blood flow in the prefrontal cortex when using EMDR with or without EM, but this stuff about hemispheres sounds like the usual left-brain right-brain pseudoscience that gets peddled. Any references you can direct me to?
You’re wrong about something. The calming effect of the eye movement IS why your brain starts to re-process the trauma. The eve movement calms down your amygdala so that your traumatic incident can be processed by your pre-frontal cortex. You will probably get a clear vision of the incident in your head and suddenly remember it better but also CLEARER (without the emotional distortion). But the way the eye movement calms your brain IS what triggers the re-processing. First the therapist makes you de-sensitised AND THEN your brain re-processes the experience. But of course a RUclips video will just explain in very simple terms because if you want to actually understand the science in depth then you should study it.
@@carlpiaf4476 What Cheryl says regarding the right hemisphere is theory (meaning: possible but unproven). One resource that speculated regarding EMDR and the right hemisphere that is widely held as the PTSD go-to is the book “the body keeps the score”.
But to be clear, no one knows for sure why EMDR works, only that EMDR and trauma-based CBT are currently the most empirically effective treatments. Anyone that tells you that they for sure know either hasn’t read the research literature or is presenting their opinion as fact.
I didn't realize how much trauma I hadn't processed until I began doing EMDR. Since starting, it's genuinely helped me overcome a lot of issues I've had in the past, especially with my anxiety towards going outside. Talking to a therapist is nice, and does help me somewhat, but EMDR is what's helped me the most and I highly recommend people who have issues with regular therapy try it out.
Hello! Can you share a bit more from your experience with EMDR, I'm about to start it after 2 weeks. Thank you in advance!
@@petyabor5223 Generally with the sessions I've done, the memory I'm working on processing will gradually become more intense, peak, then slowly work down from there. Sometimes it takes a few sessions to work through everything.
My best advice to you (your therapist may give you this as well) is to imagine you're sitting in a comfortable chair in front of a tv. You've got a remote that you can use to change the memory in any way you need in order to make it less intense.
Journaling is a good thing to do as well with EMDR, since processing can continue after the sessions.
Good luck with your first session ^^
The first is always the hardest because it's a little awkward and (in my experience) can make you sleepy, but it gets easier the more sessions you do.
4/24/21 - We met for four sessions. He said I did really well. After the second session he said we were finished but I really wanted more time.
In that first session (I’m trying to be very precise here) we were able to take that memory of, what I have always called gang rape when I was 10, which always lived in the forefront of my brain - that I would relive over and over again - and move it far left of my mind. I no longer feel it in my forehead but way far to the left, which is the past for me. I physically feel it so far in the past (to the left) that it no longer effects me. He said that the memory has been forever changed in my mind and I will never remember it as I had. I have no understanding of how that happened BUT IT DID!! I no longer play it over and over. I can’t. I’ve tried but I can’t, nor do I want to. I hope this makes some sense to you. It is hard to take what I now physically feel (in my head) and put it into words.
My experience of EMDR is that it is not the typical therapy where one talks on and on, week after week. Actually I did very little talking. I still don’t understand how it works but it did!
That's awesome! Thank God
That's actually incredible to read 👏🏼😊. But hard to understand for me? I've got Extreme PTSD and might as well say extreme anxiety with panic attacks, although it's listed as severe.. Amongst a few other diagnosis. I'm terrified of doing this type of treatment. My therapist has recommended this for me for quite awhile now, but I can't bring myself to call and make the appointment and if i did, I'm not sure I'd have the courage to go. Hence my trying to do more research on it... As I know I need the help.. I've been dealing with all this that I carry for a little over 20yrs. That's a long time. I just don't know what to do anymore. Sometimes I wish I didn't even here.. Then I wouldn't have to relive this shit every time I do... Which lately has been often.
i'm so scared that this is just a placebo or something like hypnosis. will the brain ever decide to just randomly throw memories back? because for me, my brain has recently decided out of nowhere to start remembering trauma over and over, even the ones i thought i had forgotten about
I know exactly what you mean with the position of the memory. You're spot on. The disturbing memories I have are felt at the very front of my head. Hopefully the same thing can happen for me. I start EMDR in late January. I wish I could just serve these memories an eviction notice
@@charlcieg1I hope you're going okay 🙏🏻
Been offered this treatment yesterday by my therapist, since I have some unsolved pieces of my life in childhood I need to address. Excited yet scared but also want to get things back to a bit more normal again.
I highly recommend this type of therapy!
I'm nervous to try it, but my therapist is recommending it. How many sessions did you do? If you don't mind me asking.
Taylor Hepler I did one session a week starting August 2018- June of 2019 there was a lot going on, but it worked out very well and want as scary as I thought in my mind
This therapy is the only thing that gave me my life back
@@anabellys is it possible to have some side effects. Because i have really old, strong traumas?
Slavica D. I am 29 years old and had traumas to unpack from my childhood. I’m not sure that it matters how old the traumas are. Everyone’s experience is different though.. I think you should try with an open mind! Hope you feel better soon ♥️
Oh!!! It shows you that you’re here in the now and not in the memories that’s so cool
I have an exam on Treatment methods and am finding all your videos explaining different therapies extremely useful!!
After reading so many articles, I finally understand it. Thank you Psych Hub ! ❤️
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful.
I just started this with my therapist 💚
I've had EMDR and can't wait to have it again.
This is amazing. I wish I knew about it before failing to process trauma for 3 years
helped a ton for PTSD and depersonailzaton
I was in therapy for three years and my psychotherapist performed EMDR on me. She also told me it didn't work for everyone. From my own experience, I can't stress enough how much the success depends on your willingness to go as deep as possible. Often during those sessions I had enough of thinking about traumas and my mind started wandering around, and that would make it much less effective.
I have been having EMDR sessions off and on for a year to work on my grief that I repressed from losing my husband in July 2017. I hold a lot on because I feel like I'm a burden to my family and friends. My therapist is the only one I confide in. EMDR is very hard for me because I don't like to feel the emotions and thoughts that come up. Sometimes, I can get thru the 30 minutes of EMDR and other times, we have to quit because I can't handle it. It messes with my mind and heart for a few days, and I get very depressed, but after a few days, I feel so much better. I have years left of these sessions. Our main goal is helping me to process my grief. When I can handle my grief better and deal with my PTSD from watching my husband die tragically. I know I'll get there. I dread of moving on to my next traumas. My sexual assault in April 2000 and from being sexually abused as a child, but with my therapist's help, I'll continue to heal. Much love to those who have had trauma in your life and the courage to get help❤️
Thank you for sharing. ❤ Sending love.
Look into NDE"s, usualy gives me a sense of peace about grief of people's passing :)
i wish u nothing but peace and love in your life ❤️ it was not your fault and you deserve happiness
Try adding TFT technique to your recovery. I used it for all my traumas I could remember one by one. It helped a lot and I completely cured myself of an anxiety disorder. You can start with this video on RUclips: TFT Tapping Treatment for Trauma and Anxiety Relief
EMDR immensely helped me
It really works and basically life changing. I highly recommend it.
I've tried over 20 years of CBT and while it helped me thru difficult times to have a support person I'm not sure it helped heal my trauma. I finally found a therapist that can do this, starting soon and looking forward to the results.
@@giakolou2876 update, I started and my therapist doesn't want to do EMDR yet until I work on dissociation because it might not "take"
Today was my first day of psychotherapy. The therapist got excited and said I would be their first patient to do EMDR. I'm skeptical about the benefits for me specifically because I'm more of a "special case" but I'm hopeful. I would like to live normally and without constantly running from my "triggers" as she called them.
I think I have PTSD now. I am a trauma ICU nurse and absolutely love what I do. I feel like an amazing nurse, I care for my patients, I’m capable of critically thinking about what I need done for my patient, and love seeing positive outcomes come to fruition. I am also capable of completely separating myself emotionally from my patients.
However, I began to develop really disturbing thoughts. Before I would sleep I’d just stare blankly at the ceiling imagining myself getting into a really bad car accident. I’d imagine the car hitting me head on. Or I’d imagine myself getting stabbed or a person sneaking into my home and choking me to death. And it was terrifying because I’d imagine the persons face performing those terrible things to me. I’d imagine their facial expressions, the sounds they’d make as they took my life. And it didn’t only happen to me but also to my loved ones and friends. I’d walk around imagining people in their caskets. I could see a person who is totally alive and perfectly imagine them laying in their coffins, lifeless, pale, in their suits or dresses.
The thoughts started becoming really intense and id remember snapping myself out of it but not after id really thought deeply about the heinous acts or tragic accidents that happened. I would snap out of it with a frown because I can’t believe id thought of such horrible things.
I tried to rationalize these thoughts and think it’s normal to feel this way. I decided to make a post on the nursing subreddit today and asked how to make the thoughts stop. I then started getting lots of replies saying that what I’m stating sounds exactly like PTSD. After so many people are mentioning that what I’m experiencing is PTSD a lot of things started to make sense. I guess the idea of PTSD never popped up into my mind because I thought that in order for me to experience PTSD I had to be my patient experiencing the trauma, but now I realize that the traumas I witnessed seeped into my reality and has been messing with my mind unknowingly.
I know I need a formal diagnosis but it has given me tons of hope that I may have something that I can treat. I honestly had no idea until today what these thoughts were. But I’m glad I made that post. I will seek professional help and hopefully get EMDR as it seems so effective.
Thank you for your service. I have a tremendous amount of respect for nurses and medical personnel. I was hospitalized (pretty sick) in 1992 and that’s when I learned just how much nurse’s really do.
As a police officer for 28 years and in L.E. for 33, I understand what you’re saying. I’ve had similar thoughts. Still do. I hope that you get the help that you need.
I’m considering getting some myself.
Good luck!
The good thing about EMDR is regardless of how old or new the memories are, the therapy is very effective and works really well for most people. My fiancé has had great success with it with old and new experiences. It is a draining process after it’s done, but usually a good night’s rest is all he needs to recover from a session.
I hope you’re doing okay and thank you for your hard work.
I hope you're going okay 🙏🏻
I'm guessing your trauma began way before your career began, which is why you were so good at your job ... That you were taught in childhood that other people's emotional trauma is more important than your own ... Or maybe not, but that's how it went for me working in disabilities & aged care. Turns out I've been storing soooo much trauma & distracting myself with the needs of others. I ended up no good to anyone & have had to do a lot of inner work.
This is very interesting. I use and teach IEMT which is similar to EMDR but very different at the same time. I have lots of videos about this on my channel.
Beautiful video ❣️...never realized the time went so fast
I taught myself this and i can not wait till im at 100% almost ther
Do you have any recommended channels or article on how to do this.
Did Dr. Heidi Kraft do the voice over for this? I’ve had her twice at SDSU and the voice sounds so familiar! But this video was also so helpful in understanding this form of therapy!
I do it as well. It has a profound effect within minutes.
Peace. I'm gonna give this a go.
My therapist just recommended this form of therapy for my trauma from past relationship. I hope this helps
Any luck ?
@@breedane i haven’t notice anything drastic, but doing the exercises when i feel an anxiety attack coming does help!
I'm starting this type of therapy myself. I really hope it works.
You can also do EMDR and not have PTSD or CPTSD, just in case you wanted to try it and thought you couldn’t :)
I have my first session this morning. Nervous but hopeful.
Me too.
How did you go ?
@@kims7736 it was interesting- a couple things happened at once that really helped me let go of something that happens about 18 years ago… definitely worked but it’s probably not going to work alone.
But what if I can't even remember the memories that are causing my PTSD?
You may have to try a few therapists to find the right one for you but maybe first talk to your GP (usual doctor) and ask them to find someone that can help you track back to the underlying issues. For me hypnotherapy really helped pinpoint moments that made a big impact on me. I hope this helps. Good luck with everything 💜
I have the same issue! I suspect many EMDR practitioners are trained to deal with this, but keep looking until you find one you like.
My therapist had a list of negative thoughts and told me to pick the one that stood out to me the most, felt the most true. "I am powerless" was my first session, I think. He then asked me to think of a time when I felt that very intensely. He asked if I could try to track it back; often they like to find the earliest memory because that would, in theory, be the initial trauma(s). But I said that memory was really intense and I couldn't remember one more significant, farther back. Not a problem. We worked with that memory and it has been effective.
This part was cool too - I'm fine talking about my trauma, but a lot of people have shame and have a hard time telling someone else the details. He didn't even need/want details from me! Once I'd found a memory, we started the session and he pretty much just would ask "what do you notice?" "what does that feel like?" - referring to physical feelings in my body and/or any emotional/mental images that might pop up for me. He was looking for one or two word answers - this was for my benefit, so my brain was able to comprehend and fully process the trauma. Great stuff.
I have the same issue, EMDR helps. This is an over simplification of how the process works., But it's very helpful!!!!!
Hypnosis you idiot! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤡🤡🤡🌍🌍🌍🐏🐏🐏🐏🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
2/22/21 - I started EMDR therapy today. I hope it helps. It was very interesting today. 🤓
Keep us posted!
Good luck
Any updates you'd be willing to share? Like if it's helping? No pressure to answer.
Any updates?
Plz update 🙏
EMDR Explanation starts at 1:41
My adhd thanks you 😅
It truly works
This is not entirely accurate. Eye movement is NOT about distracting (in fact you could also use buzzers, lights, and tapping). It's about causing bilateral stimulation in your brain to improve communication between your amygdala and hippocampus and essentially help your traumatic memory "move" to your cortex where it can be properly processed. Also, the person receiving EMDR does NOT have to talk in detail about their trauma. That's one of the best parts of it. You plan targets, identify themes, identify negative cognitions with the memory, and emotions, and process them. Once desensitization is complete then a new adaptive thought is introduced. So for example if that the original thought was "I am not good enough" during desensitization then repairing with an adaptive thought might be "I am enough". Then we do a body scan and move on to closure. We do use mindful practices and coping skills to make sure a person does not leave in an activated state as well.
I am about to start this therapy on July 20th 2022. I am so desperate at this point, I will try anything.
Hope!
My therapist mentioned this to me today, unsure if want to do that. Some memories best left buried, my opinion
WELL EXPLANATION 👏👏
My therapist is currently making me use this for my mild anxiety. Supposedly he took 60 hours worth of classes on this and spent 40 hours trying to debunk it, but couldn't so I hope it works!!
Edit 1: I’m happy to say i’m on medicine, and done with therapy! I’ll get to be off the medicine in a year. I still get anxious every now and then, but it’s all ok. For those people thinking that EMDR is scary, it really isn’t. Just make sure to focus!
Hi, can I ask for a follow up? I'm looking into this for my teen daughter, also for mild anxiety.
@@cdl1202 Aww ofc! This is so sweet. I’m also a teenager, so i understand! i’ll post it right now!
Thank you
Am I supposed to actually feel the trauma as I recall it during emdr therapy? Because its very difficult recreate the anxiety, the panic, the phobia in an environment when there is actually no trigger to set it off.
I’m starting to use this for my therapy! Since I’m only 16 I can’t do the eye movement, but everything else will be used. Hopefully it’s just as useful, and I hope this fixes my depression. Again I’m not even sure I have PTSD, since she never clarified..
How did it go for you?
Why can't you do the eye movement because you are only 16? Sorry, it just really confuses me how this type of therapy could cause adverse reactions just because you are 16...
Huh?? Why not can you pls explain? I’m rlly curious lol 👀
I hope it helps though!! 🥺
I can relate to the beginning and second guy 😔 but I have panic disorder. I'm starting to think it's PTSD. Not sure if people can suffer with PTSD without hallucinations or psychotic outbreak but if so then yes I definitely have PTSD but I'm getting stronger..
I’ve experienced profound healing from EMDR, and I highly recommend it. However, I don’t feel like this video did justice to the process.
Thanks for the feedback and sharing your perspective! In what ways do you think we could improve?
My therapist tried something like that with me, but it didn't really work. I'm not sure maybe it's because i'm over rationalizing everything. I focus on what i'm supposed to be thinking/feeling/remembering rather than what i actually think/feel/remember.
that's okay, different people need different approaches! :)
I use Emdr on myself following all the methods and phases. Some people need help with it. I help people in my AAA meetings getting them off the bottle. It works if you believe it. If you don't believe in it your brain isn't gonna reprogram.
My therapist says he wants to do this on me.i have trouble being around peolple i think because every since i was young i have been from one traumatic experience to the next and people seems to just treat me bad alot of the times and im highly sensitive so it really gets to me.learning to try not take offense on some smaller issues because i figure all i have is control over myself it would benefit me to not let people control me in that way.i feel better when im alone but after i go from being with most people even friends i feel so worn out
I am wondering if EMDR can be done as effectively virtually? Thank you in advance!
She said “Eye Movement Desensitization and Processing”
I wonder if EMDR can be used for general anxiety
This was offered as a therapy at the treatment facility that I went to, but I didn't try it. :/ Sort of wish I did, just to see if it would be helpful. I just didn't like how it cut into other important group times if you chose to take it.
Is this like neuroplasticity where you learn to unplug from a painful socket in your brain,
(like a traumatic moment in life) and learn to plug into a new socket in your brain that's healthy? I just don't understand how the eye movement helps you unplug from trauma... Is this like open eyed hypnosis? This has been recommended to me, and I just have to know everything before my next session next week. I'm so curious. Thanks, in advance for input.
What did you learn Sagittarian friend? x
something with bilateral movement, my therapist used hand buzzers instead of anything visual
This video definitely doesn't tell the whole story. The best way I've seen it explained is that EMDR reaches one of our most primal brain mechanisms - our reaction to fear. When in danger and fleeing an aggressor, our primal instinct is to look straight ahead at anything our attention goes to while hiding or running. Think about it...imagine yourself being hunted by some maniacal serial killer and you suddenly hear a noise to your left. In that paniced state, are you gonna calmly glance over with your eyes? Or is your whole head going to immediately turn wherever you look because you're freaking out that somebody might kill you? Well, when we undergo EMDR therapy and actively conjure up difficult, stressful thoughts while continuously moving our eyes to each side, we're kind of tricking our brains into thinking "everything's ok" due to the extreme amount of bilateral movement during what it had previously considered to be something akin to a "threatening situation" - such as a lion chasing you down (our primal, subconscious minds cannot tell the difference).
I've tried this but I don't feel any difference and I feel bad because I feel I'm lying to my therapist when I say it is working. Has anybody feel this way?
It's a shame that there is a 18 month waiting list for this treatment. Meanwhile people are suffering with mental health issues. If anyone out there is waiting. Hang in ,it does help
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I wonder what the success rate is for EMDR. The video doesn't tell if the healing last long-term.
The stats I've seen are very encouraging. The link below shows about an 80-90% success rate; I saw one study that was in the 90's for combat vets. Healing is long term because you're actually processing the trauma out. It's difficult to explain, but for one of my "target" memories I can tell you that this physiologically integrative method had me go from an experience of a 9 or 10 on a scale from 1-10 in my first EMDR session to a 2. I was blown away.
That's not because we talked about how he can't hurt me anymore or that I'm safe right now, etc. - it's because I relived the memory as intensely as I could while the left side (speech, cognitive thinking, etc.) was being stimulated as well; so the trauma was finally processed by my brain (trauma gets stuck in the right side otherwise). I'm about a year out from "graduating" from EMDR and my results have only gotten better.
upliftpsychgroup.com/emdr/
@@cheryldavidson5131 That is so awesome! Thank you for sharing this🙂
Now, how would this work for CPTSD? There are just too many memories of neurotypicals bullying me (and it continues). We could never go through it all. That’s why I’m skeptical about this for eating disorders and other autistic related things like low self esteem.
Another solution is society in general would be to teach neurotypicals to treat people nicely.
What is the eye movement thing have to do it? Of course being with a counselor is cathartic, especially if they are inwardly evolved soulful, empathic people.
Dr Bob..." follow my finger while I ask leading questions "
Does it work for addiction
Does it work for complex ptsd?
Does anyone know if this method would be beneficial for BPD / EUPD at all please?
It works good for reprogramming your subconscious too
Really been thinking about this. Have you tried it? Thinking of trying it with my affirmations.
@@sarahmugo1076 yea I got over my ex real quick and in a healthy relationship now because of it
@@daveb8721 Awesome! Will def give it a go. Thanks for responding
I've had somatization disorder now for 12 years being diagnosed only 6 years ago. After hundreds of doctors appointments and multiple tests like m.r.i.s, ct scans, ultrasounds over that 12 year span, nothing has been found from these symptoms that I go through. I've tried meds, cognitive behavior therapy, acupuncture and almost everything in the book these past 6 years yet I still suffer from this debilitating disease. I applied for social security disability and got it right away as I have just been crippled by this disease. Scary thing is that you don't know what's real and what's not. I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer last year even though I felt no symptoms for that one particular thing. It was found as I had an m.r.i. for swelling under my jaw. My shrink said to stay away from doctors while my doctor said if i'm dealing with real symptoms, i must follow up with a doctor. I feel real painful and destressing symptoms....I've almost exhausted everything but this. Can it help?
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Here after watching The Me You Can't See and Prince Harry was doing this. I'm wandering if this will help me.
Does EMDR work on CPTSD caused by a toxic relationship?
Therapy is so expensive 😭 my daughter died 4years ago I suffer with ptsd and much more
What if you were just neglected so don't have any memories of a particularly traumatic event, or even know how your childhood SHOULD have been?
If you had a trauma from a very young age (through childhood) for a prelonged period of time, then it may be Complex-PTSD
@@Kaiser_MHA Thanks. I know for a fact that I have a lot of things blocked out, because I still do it. My wife will bring up some big argument I had with my mom 2 years ago 5 years ago, etc. and I'll be like "what are you talking about?" Then she'll fill in some details and I'll start thinking, then more details and I'm like "oh yeah!" I MUST have learned this coping technique in childhood. I'm actually an extremely forgiving person because I literally...forget. I think people use this "gift" to take advantage of me. Suggestions?
@@b1p0lar.b1tch Perhaps, but what do I do if it's CPTSD? Not EMDR?
@@blurglide dude I deal with what feels like the same exact thing. I constantly forget stuff, deep important stuff, and also feel like my childhood deeply affected me negatively but I don't remember any specific event or events that stuck. It feels more like a childhood of emotional neglect from parents that were too busy and unavailable and also had a horrible, toxic marriage.
@@ironxYT Yup- same experience. Report back if you find anything that works. Tucker Max, who was also neglected, recently had a blog post discussing MDMA therapy, which he said was helpful.
does medication hinder progress with EMDR?
27 years after I last had any contact with him and I'm still having nightmares of my psycho stepdad trying to kill me. Might give EMDR a try after 36 years of on-and-off useless therapy from an army of mental health "professionals".
I want to treat my panic attacks with a therapist إمدر But I fear that emotions will overwhelm me and the session will be disrupted 😢
can the brain and body recover and regenerate all the damage due to long-term stress, after a traumatic event? (PTSD)

The brain and body CAN recover, or move forward in a more adaptive way. Regenerating damage, I'm not clear about.
@@ajpend There are some studies that show the neuroplasticity of the brain and how it can recover from strong addictions, so it is said to be moldable, I hope it also applies to people who suffer from PTSD
@@juancruzfernandez4699 okay.
can this help with repressed memories?
Can someone recommend me to a good therapist, I want to try EDMR . Located in LA
My therapist wants me to do this... I have had sever trauma in childhood, my father attempted suicide in front of me, and repeatedly told me it was my fault while he shot himself in front of me, later on my mother physically abused me and and sister to the extent we were removed from the home... I don't have flashbacks or anything, and I believe this only affects my life in a subconscious way.... Think this will help?
update?
My doc wants me to do this, i have intrusive visuals from non existant memories. Does this really help.
i have been diagnosed with mdd w/ psychosis and used to experience memories about my childhood that i couldnt decipher have actually happened or not. i think i may have experienced S/A when i was a child, but i cant tell if ive made it up or not. when i was a child i experienced a lot of signs of CSA. would it be okay for me to get this therapy?
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Someone recommended this for me as I have social anxiety since I was little , since I turned to God I have not had many panic attacks .
I look forward to trying this therapy as many psychologists and psychiatrists give me medication as a first resort
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Yeah but what about those with lifelong CPTSD ?????
I heard EMDR also works with CPTSD from what I've researched because usually traumas are interlinked so processing one can set off the processing of others or if you are still triggered by other memories your therapist will continue to work with you. I also recommend therapists who specialises in other forms of somatic therapy like brainspotting. From what I've researched somatic therapy seems to be the best way to treat trauma, CPTSD, PTSD, for the best effect I feel like a combination of talk therapy and predominantly somatic therapy might help. But I'm not an expert just someone who's researched this a decent amount because my bestfriend also goes through CPTSD
Check out Richard Grannon
can it work for anxiety as well?
Absolutely
Spell casting with a magic wand. What a time to be alive.
Do you recommend a treatment that doesn't involve spell casting with a wand
This seems to be a subset of what NLP (Neuro linguistic Programming) has been offering for years.
It's amazing that decades the psych profession craps all over NLP and "miraculously" every single new effective innovation is something NLP was doing the whole time.
My therapist wants to do this with me but I'm not gonna do it because it's pointless and will never help me. Nothing will ever help me.
Would this therapy be useful to someone who has agoraphobia or anxiety disorder?
from what i’ve learned in grad school, it can :) i’m going to do a project on it, and hopefully try the therapy myself
I am sick of anxiety mainly all morning feel like just letting go of life would this help I am so fed up on sick from work so no money and I love my job no o e seems to care no I dont felll sorry for myself I. Usually a strong person now I'm now worth anything just useless sorry x
I'm very sorry you felt that way. I feel that way pretty often too.
I think i may be suffering with PTSD and depression
So like hypnosis?
No, at least not in my experience (I've had both). EMDR therapists do not all use the same techniques so this video is a bit misleading. The point of the eye movement is only to stimulate both sides of your brain while you are doing therapy, because trauma is stuck in the right side of the brain (images, body memories, etc.) and it needs to incorporate the left side (speech, cognitive thinking, etc.) in order to be fully processed so you can move on. Many therapists do audio and/or tactile stimulation instead or in conjunction with eye movement - I had headphones that alternated a tone in left and right ears, held little paddles that would alternate short burst vibration in left/right.
I was awake and fully conscious, but with my eyes closed the whole time to better try to re-live the target memory. For the most part, that part of therapy took about 5 minutes or less; it was so quick for me because I'd spent several years doing cognitive behavioral therapy and other trauma focused talk therapy which incorporated mindfulness. But I needed help with my response to triggers. My body would still go into fight or flight and I could try to manage with mindfulness and self care/boundaries, but it was still pretty intense.
My case is a good one to demonstrate how important it can be to bridge the gap between the hemispheres of the brain and allow full processing. Though I don't regret my journey at all, data and statistics show that had I started with EMDR, I would've very likely seen relief a lot faster (weeks/months as opposed to years). Hope this helps!
Is it effective?
Would it help with social anxiety sweating ?
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It sounds too easy and is it some sort hypnosis?
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Does this work for infidelity? I want to recover from that, I don’t want it to affect future partners
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lol this won't help me because I am the problem
You are not the problem. Your experiences have shaped your mind into thinking you are the problem and that can be repaired :)
Im in the middle of an emdr therapy process and I feel like I am getting a depression for reliving my trauma. Is this normal?
how are you now?
Has this therapy ever been successful with children?