A few weeks ago, I revealed to my T the reason I don't drive, and after we talked about it, she said I have PTSD from it. Basically, I have it from being hit by a car when I was a teenager. She suggested EMDR, but I said I was in no way ready for that then.

Today, I had a very rough session with T...last Friday, I was almost hit by a car in pretty much the exact same situation as the original trauma event. So obviously that brought up a lot of stuff, especially anxiety. Even just talking with T about it got me so anxious that she had us stop and do a grounding exercise to chill me out a bit.

She also [very strongly] suggested doing EMDR, and because it's not the first time she has done that, and I really don't want to live my life in fear, I agreed to try it, but I'm kind of scared...especially since T has a consent form specifically for it because of how distressing it can be and how unexpected things can come up and happen as a result, even though in the end, things are much better.

Has anyone ever done EMDR before? What was it like? Did it help?

Thanks!!