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I did EMDR for traumatic memories. It does not make,you forget the memories it just moves it to a part of the brain that can process it and it does not cause flashbacks and feelings in the body anymore. It worked for specific events but not for a life time of emotional neglect and the effects it has on the personality and maladaptive thinking.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors.
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