[therapyishelping777]

I have a guy in my support group that his therapist suggested EMDR. I've never done and don't know anyone who has?/ What do you all think?

[coolibrarian]

It was an interesting experience. I've actually done it a few times with my T. It seems to have helped.

[Myrto]

I've done it and thought it was completely useless. But I hear it works for others.

[Out There]

I do very well with EMDR - takes time and work and is difficult but so worth it.

[kecanoe]

I have found it helpful. For me, not having to name and discuss the trauma is helpful. We started with building resources and that helped me step back from the brink of suicide. After I was more stable, we started with things that are going on in my life now that trigger me, identify the belief that comes with the trigger, and then start with the EMDR. It definitely untangled some stuff in a way that was safe and did not lead to dependence/transference/attachment to t.

[MBM17]

EMDR has been pretty amazing.

When I first started meeting with my therapist, I was having major separation anxiety from my husband. When we met, I was suicidal and having huge anxiety issues and all that. Being with him, touching him, was the best way to calm my anxiety. Later in our marriage, every time he'd leave the house, I'd feel huge anxiety. My therapist and I did some EMDR about that, and it wasn't a problem at all anymore. In fact, now I may be on the other side where I'm too okay with having alone time lol.

The other time it really helped was about my son's colic. For five months, on an average day, he'd sleep maybe 5 hours. (Most new babies sleep 20 hours.) He'd spend the rest of the time screaming as if a pack of wild wolves were eating him (probably 7 hours), crying (4 hours), and fussing (5 hours), or something like that. It was absolute hell and agony. My parents and grandparents said they'd never seen anything like it and didn't know it was physically possible for a baby to be that way. It left me with PTSD. I could barely watch him because I was so terrified that if he started crying he'd never stop, and his colic would start over. It was a huge issue, interfering with my life every single day, making me unable to be a mom. My therapist didn't realize how bad it was until my son was 2.5. Then we started EMDR. By the time he turned 3, I was able to spend hours every day with him, mostly enjoying the whole time, looking at how beautiful his would was, playing with him, responding to him emotionally. It changed my life.

[CyclingPsych]

Completely useless on my end.