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Old Mar 15, 2018, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Dnester View Post
Anyone here done tapping emdr? If so did it bring up repressed memories?
I have read your other posts on this same problem....that you are afraid doing emdr with your therapist will bring up repressed memories....if you have any repressed memories yes it will thats what emdr is for.. learning about what is going on with you, what is causing you to have your anxiety and so on and then working with those memories so that you dont have this problem again with that same memory.

when I did a short version of emdr it did bring up memories that I had forgotten (your word repressed) some were happy memories some were not so happy memories.

when I did it, the first session was not actually doing the emdr. it was my therapist and I talking about how to do it, what was going to happen, what my side of it was, what their side of it was, what to expect, a code word in case I needed to stop and if I had any problems, or questions we hadnt talked about yet..

my suggestion is to talk with your treatment provider. they will be able to answer all your questions as they are directly related to your own problems and you and them doing it.

one thing you need to understand here. there are thousands of people here at psych central. some people have had good results with their treatment plans and others havent. the best thing to do is not to compare what you may end up going through, why because you will have a completely different experience with it then I did or anyone else did, you have a different treatment provider then I had, your treatment provider may do it slightly different or a heck of a lot different than mine did, the things you talk about and remember will be related to you and your problems not mine and my problems....

just take it one step at a time and talk with your treatment provider about all the things that you fear will happen and they can help you and answer your questions.