I know that it can really help some people, I have heard more than one person say it worked great for them. I think it depends on the person and the trauma.

That was the first thing my therapist did to treat me. She started by having me sit in front of a long rectangle box in a stand that had little lights across it. When she turned it on I was supposed to keep my eye on the one green light that moved back and forth across the box. It can travel at different speeds. I knew immediately that I didn't like the way I was feeling doing it but I didn't know why.

The second session, I did it again and I knew what it was. Watching that little light run back and forth, from one end to the other and back again, triggered flashbacks of being chased and I just lost it. The next time she tried having me sit on the couch across from her and had me tapping parts of my body with two fingers. I just didn't work for me and it actually made me worse.

I have never been able to understand how or why it can work, but I know it does, very well, for some. You might give it a try, you have nothing to loose and you can stop anytime you want to.

Best Wishes