Hi, Had a few questions for any of those have experience with EMDR. I started this type of therapy 2 months ago. A lot of it has been prep work to give me better coping skills once we get into the more intense part of this therapy. 3 weeks ago therapy got sort of weird and this was testing me out for emdr I guess - therapist had me close my eyes and guided me with this imaginary piece of fruit. I had to vision how the fruit looked - she then asked me to turn the image in my head black and white, then make the image small and a few other commands (felt like I had photoshop going on in my head lol) I left that appt (3wks ago) feeling tired and having bad headaches. Next few days I started having real vivid dreams that were waking me up in a panic. I am unable to stay asleep and getting 2-3 hrs sleep per night which isnt healthy. I talked to my therapist and she says this happens when the channels are opened in EMDR and she says I responded well to it and had to go back in to reclose what we opened(sounds strange writing that smh) My sleep has been messed like i said I am afraid to sleep for what dreams may come up - she asked my pcp to write a med called prazosin (sp) that helps with dreams. Is this normal to happening the sleep issue? The weird thing through this all is I have very profound social anxiety and have been doing really well around small groups of people and am not isolating I dont know if it is because I am so tired. Now if I could get sleep and be social I would be happy lol