Hi this is my first time here, and I hope I'm posting this in the correct place. I have been diagnosed with Bipolar 1, and I have a lot of issues from sexual abuse as well. I have been doing EMDR with my therapist (3rd session was today) to staring dealing with the abuse. I was feeling fairly stable, bipolar-wise, until the last week or two, and now i feel like I'm teetering on the edge of sanity. I want the abuse to stop having a hold on my life, and so I keep pushing on with the EMDR. But I'm afraid what its bringing up is going to send me into a bad depression. The last one I was in for 6 months and it nearly killed me. I've only been out for 3 months and stable. So I guess my question is about the EMDR process. Is it recommended for people with bipolar disorder? Do the fear, anger, and depression feelings stirred up by the therapy subside after a while or should I brace myself for hell on earth?

Thank you