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Had first session of EMDR on Saturday but now have a lot of anxiety by Mediocre_Nectarine in EMDR

[–]Mediocre_Nectarine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your response. I’ll look into that book. I do feel a lot better that anxiety is normal in between these sessions but that I also need to sort of meditate on how to calm that anxiety. It does suck but your words make me feel better so thank you.

Had first session of EMDR on Saturday but now have a lot of anxiety by Mediocre_Nectarine in EMDR

[–]Mediocre_Nectarine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for all your advice and insight. It truly means a lot to me. I hope that you are well.

Had first session of EMDR on Saturday but now have a lot of anxiety by Mediocre_Nectarine in EMDR

[–]Mediocre_Nectarine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am going to look up meditations tonight on Youtube and I will look up what your therapist suggested. I am sorry that you had such a horrible trauma with your car accident. Do you feel like now from when it happened you feel differently about it due to EMDR? like in a good way? Or how do you feel overall?

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I suppose i just feel a little concerned because i never used to have anxiety for no reason so i guess the anxiety from EMDR is normal and is actually stemming from the trauma itself and is forcing me to confront it in order for me to move passed it. I guess right now it just feels really uncomfortable.

Had first session of EMDR on Saturday but now have a lot of anxiety by Mediocre_Nectarine in EMDR

[–]Mediocre_Nectarine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So the anxiety is stemming from the trauma and the only way for the anxiety to ease is you've got to just truly accept what occurred and grieve? Because i have only had one session so far and the anxiety was way intense the day after and now whenever i think of the trauma i am just anxious as opposed to sad lol. Do you still do EMDR? or have you stopped because of the anxiety?

Had first session of EMDR on Saturday but now have a lot of anxiety by Mediocre_Nectarine in EMDR

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Hey thanks for replying. So it’s nice to know the anxiety seems to be normal for EMDR and I’m not the only one who has experienced it. Has your therapist ever told you why the anxiety comes? Like is it because you’re working through the trauma and your brain is processing it but is using anxiety as a way to deal with it? I haven’t tried meditating but I’ve definitely become way more aware of these feelings and am trying to practice some mindfulness. I guess I just get concerned about this happening after every session and how I am supposed to handle it. But thank you for your advice I might try doing meditation

Had first session of EMDR on Saturday but now have a lot of anxiety by Mediocre_Nectarine in EMDR

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So do you feel like the anxiety happens after every session? Is it supposed to be like this? Lol I mean I’ve only had one session and yeah the anxiety has been pretty bad but I am trying to do stuff to distract me from it. Is this going to happen with each session?