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Originally Posted by Indie'sOK
Thank you sunrise. Yes, my T used those exact same words... "stuck". And I do feel this way. Stuck in that I can't analyze myself much further, yet I'm not really making improvement either. I feel caught in my self-conscious, critical mindset. I guess I don't know how to describe it, and I'm not even sure if this is what you meant by feeling stuck. I'll ask T as well.
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this is EXACTLY how i feel in therapy..and i've been in it for almost 4 years now. About a year ago my T suggested that I see an EMDR therapist as well, because we were so stuck in therapy. Not progressing, and not getting to a certain level of depth in the therapy. The EMDR therapist has said very similiar stuff--that whenever traumatic things (and she said small traumas too) happen and do not get resolved, it gets stored differently in your brain, and therefore doesn't move through like a normal experience does.
EMDR opens up those locked pathways by focusing on certain memories, which creates more associations/memories...therefore creating new neurological pathways. Well, thats my understanding of it at least!