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Originally Posted by dreamseeker9
Thanks, Phoenix. I was 17 at the time of this memory - I remember the pain being so intense, I just wanted to die, anything for it to end.
I did read the grounding skills thread, thanks! My T and I are going to work on grounding skills in session tomorrow, to prepare for my first EMDR session. I think that's why this is all coming up for me, because I know we're going to target this memory with EMDR - I'm excited to try it, but I'm also nervous and scared. I will talk to T tomorrow about the flashback and my concerns about EMDR.
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My therapist has been trying to get me to try EMDR, but I can't. The only person who does EMDR in my area is a male psychiatrist who I do not know. So, due to my issues, I can't do it. But, my therapist tells me that he has helped many of her clients be able to get past stuck memories of trauma. I hope it helps you.
As for flashbacks, even though flashbacks vary greatly between people and even among flashbacks of the same person, the basic thing is that it takes you back to the time of the trauma as if you are there and the trauma is occuring. I have flashbacks from two different traumas. One is more physical and emotional and occurs whenever someone grabs my left wrist. (That wrist was sprained during the trauma.) My other flashbacks are much more visual though I have felt physical sensations of it as well.
I use grounding techniques for the physical flashbacks, but I have never figured out how to use grounding techniques for the visual ones.