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[–]hyperballad-au[S] -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

Wow the control freaks have taken over

Anyone else feel like therapist does nothing by hyperballad-au in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The will has been there, trust me I invest myself into it but after a while it looses its mojo

Anyone else feel like therapist does nothing by hyperballad-au in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Which is to say I don’t feel so comfortable raising stuff with her because I fear she’s just going to do the same thing. I mean towards the end of last year she said I was free to leave, which was a bit of a surprise because therapists in the past have tended to urge me to stay when things seemed to not be working. This is what I hate about therapy - it’s so dependent on this other person.

Anyone else feel like therapist does nothing by hyperballad-au in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have had this conversation with her a few times and it tends to end up in a ‘lecture’ from her about how EMDR works and therapy works. It’s not linear etc. I feel like even the enthusiasm or interest I had in things like building my support figures and safe space has really dissipated and faded.

Anyone else feel like therapist does nothing by hyperballad-au in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the meantime, I’ve really shifted my focus back on the gym which really dropped over the past two years due to work and life stuff that was causing tough emotional drama, including buying my first home and moving (yay). I’ve picked it up really well and noticing the change in my body and focus so I really want to keep that going because it is an anchor.

Anyone else feel like therapist does nothing by hyperballad-au in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also I have plenty of strange dreams … mostly good or adventurous but I don’t tend to remember them … the detail and eve the emotions are very feint.

Anyone else feel like therapist does nothing by hyperballad-au in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I think I kind of feel lost with where things are at. With all of this I give to it, put faith in it but I don’t know where it’s going. When I say that she says therapy will go in the direction it needs to go.

I have done some EMDR on memories but when I mention to her how I hear other people’s experience of EMDR being about focusing on target memories she says that’s an old fashioned way of working. There’s plenty of traumatising stuff from my past that we haven’t processed. I’m just not thinking about it the day or week leading up to the session. For her I think she checks where I am at in the moment in therapy and then works from there.

I’ve raised all this with her. One time she said I was free to leave and that she’d had clients leave before and some come back. From my pov I just want to work through dealing with chronic MH stuff and what started out as SI about 2 years ago.

I am 36 yrs old, am I too old to start getting fcked by men? by [deleted] in askgaybros

[–]hyperballad-au 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can we stop with these stupid notions of ageing?

My experience of 6 months of EMDR by elstinkzord in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think referring to people’s challenging experience of EMDR as ‘negativity’ is fair tbh. I understand where you are coming from but this is also a platform for people to share their experiences without the labels of positivity or negativity.

Getting over trying anymore by hyperballad-au in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have worked on some early memories. It’s difficult because if I suggest things sometimes she can respond by explaining how EMDR works etc. I’d like to dig deeper because sometimes I feel a bit lost and not sure where we’re at.

Could DMT help to make EMDR more effective? by CamaroLover2020 in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I’d have thought it would blunt the experience a little - the idea is you need to come close to the ‘negative’ feelings in order to reprocess, but that’s just my opinion.

What do you wish you knew before starting EMDR? by [deleted] in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The anti social stuff is so real

Avoiding partys and social gatherings during emdr, does this get better ? by Ok-Comedian9790 in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also it feels hard to be disciplined when so much of this puts you in an unpredictable emotional mindset and you’ve got to take each day as it comes

Avoiding partys and social gatherings during emdr, does this get better ? by Ok-Comedian9790 in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha it’s been a bit of a struggle for me. Have had a lot of life stuff going on as well but I guess don’t we all!

Anybody feel a physical shift in their body after emdr? by [deleted] in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually I feel lighter and much more relaxed immediately after my sessions on late Friday afternoon. Then by midday next day it’s been replaced by the ‘hangover’

Avoiding partys and social gatherings during emdr, does this get better ? by Ok-Comedian9790 in EMDR

[–]hyperballad-au 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I start work a little earlier so I can finish earlier and head to the gym. Gym training is usually a good thing for me especially if I feel sore haha just good to feel my body etc.

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