Lydia, I do EMDR too and I also have thought it was useless and that nothing comes to mind. But my T said it works anyway. So, don't give up on it so quickly. She tells me that there is no right or wrong to EMDR. Also, my T never asks what am I FEELING during it, just "what am I thinking about?" I often say it's nothing to do with the target we're working on. It's something about my T or something else. She says that is okay and my brain will take me where it needs to go.

But I also think that I make up the images sometimes. I've told my T that too. Again, she says. "If you're thinking that, it's not made up. Your brain is taking you where it needs to go. There is no right or wrong" I don't get it but that's what she says. When I try veiry hard to concentrate on the incident or feeling, she says that's wrong, that I'm trying too hard, and to just let my thoughts come, like a leaf floating down the river.

I have seen some results from EMDR even though I don't understand it. I used to hate it but now I find it fascinating.

Lydia, has your T taken the training for EMDR? I'm concerned that she seemed upset because you didn't get results the first time. She could try a different target, maybe.