You can have bipolar and not be manic like me. Definitely get thst checked out...

As for emdr I work with a specialist in it and reprocessing helps you realize some irrational thought you may have about it. Also usually during a traumatic event you go into fight or flight. As in my case, severe physical and mental abuse for years as a child, can cause this constant state of fight or flight. During this time our subconscious is remembering things and concerts them to implistic memory. So once this is a memory when trauma occurs we automatically are triggered and have the physical symptoms of ptsd. You remember the event with explicite memory and that can be bothersome if you have unresolved trauma. So part of emdr tries to get your body to say hey these memories you have are in the past and there is no immediate threat. This way you can deal with your feelings and yhe situation logically instead of these learned responses. For me if im in a confrontational situation I tend to run away or face it head on and blow things way out of proportion. I get sweaty, agitated, cant sleep, and feel uneasy. The goal of treatment is to stop those reactions and be able to process things. Hope this makes sense. Alot of this information I didn't find online. My t had a huge hand out with all this information.

Just as a side note: because of all of my abuse and during it I internalized alot of it and just took it. I was a child and my mom would beat me so I was just quiet. During the time I lived with her I was in fight or flight and my body was in overdrive. Once I moved in with my dad I started getting very very sick. My t says its because my defense mechanism was gone. All of the issues I have are stress related and dont have a definite cause or cure.

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