I haven't had emdr but I worked in an office with a counselor who did it. I used to tell people it was a miracle treatment I saw so much success with it. people just changed so much with it. basically when you experience a trauma, all the chemicals released and information from that trauma are trapped in your brain because the brain does not know how to process it. whenever anything remotely close to that trauma happens, all those memories are triggered again because they have never been processed. through the process of emdr, that bundle becomes processed so it cannot become triggered again. it really does work wonders. if you have the opportunity to try it, I highly suggest it. take care.