[Rive1976]

Does anyone get tired after EMDR. I get really drained. I have that same drained feeling when I think about a guy who used to watch me. ( I have my legitimate suspicions he may have done something sexual to me) Anyone else?

[Seelenna1982]

Always insanely exhausted after emdr. I can’t usually even keep my eyes open by late afternoon. I do try not to schedule anything too important for afterwards. Sometimes I get stuck in a horrible shock feeling that takes a while to leave.
Emdr is hard work, you’re very brave to stick with it!

[Rive1976]

She uses tapping not eye movements no trauma is even coming up. I dont understand why I feel like that.

[Seelenna1982]

It’s not the trauma that causes the tiredness. It’s the bilateral stimulation that starts the brain’s processing that makes you tired. It’s just generally exhausting.

[downandlonely]

I've never tried EMDR.

[Seelenna1982]

Also, we use little hand buzzers, not eye movement - I think that would make me super nauseous.

[Rive1976]

Originally Posted by Seelenna1982

It’s not the trauma that causes the tiredness. It’s the bilateral stimulation that starts the brain’s processing that makes you tired. It’s just generally exhausting.

Thank you. I am new to it. I have only done it 4 times so far.

[Rive1976]

Originally Posted by Seelenna1982

Also, we use little hand buzzers, not eye movement - I think that would make me super nauseous.

I dont do it because how do you think about the trauma and think about moving your eyes at the same time?Lol

[nottrustin]

When we have done Emdr, I am usually exhausted after.

[MoxieDoxie]

Yes I am sooo tired. I can not focus on anything important afterwards. I have to make sure I have nothing planned.

[Seelenna1982]

Originally Posted by Dnester

I dont do it because how do you think about the trauma and think about moving your eyes at the same time?Lol

What method of stimulation are you using? You said she was tapping? When we do it, T asks me to bring up a part of the memory that has the most emotional charge, then we talk about what’s happening inside my body, then she says to notice that feeling and starts the tappers I hold in each hand. It does take some letting go, I’m only just starting to get it after a few months but basically you just think right into the worst most charged part of a trauma memory, then your T will guide you through the process as it comes up and they stop the tappers.

[Rive1976]

I dont have any trauma memories. I just go with unpleasant feelings and taps my knees.

[Seelenna1982]

Originally Posted by Dnester

I dont have any trauma memories. I just go with unpleasant feelings and taps my knees.

Oh! Then I can see why it might not be going anywhere for you.