I've done a few sessions of brainspotting, but had to stop doing it. I am more unstable now than before I started. While I did find brainspotting helpful in that it got me to access some painful memories that I had stuffed, it didn't help me to process them and heal. Perhaps that is further down the road. I don't know and I'm not willing to go further because I am depleted of all my reserves and just trying to function as a human being again. I honestly wonder if I am going to make it or end up locked up somewhere.

My conclusion is that brainspotting is so new that clients who try it are being used as Guinea pigs, of sorts. For some it will work, for others will not, for others it may do damage.

I may try EMDR instead now that I have found an EMDR therapist. She has been doing EMDR for over 10 years. She said I was too unstable now to even start EMDR. We are working on building trust and stabilizing me so that I am sleeping adequately again. Then I can move forward. I'm rather discouraged at this point, but I won't give up.

I'm just sharing my experience. I'm not trying to negate anyone else's experience. We are all different.