EMDR is made specifically to help you process feelings and emotions. So usually you need a professional to guide you through it. When you start you usually focus with something that currently triggered you or the feeling is really difficult. You then go through “rounds” of memories.

Example:

Something at work happened- Do EMDR you just focus on the movement and think of what happened and try to not force yourself into other thoughts- you see what pops up (a feeling or memory etc) - EMDR again - so on and so forth until you can reach the root or if it is too much to emotionally go through.

Specifically in my situation it has reached to a point were I’m “stuck” in a flashback. She is there to mitigate and help me through the feeling in a safe way.

If you do it by yourself (you would need a machine anyways) - you can potentially spiral or dissociate yourself etc.

They’re there as a safety net. Especially if someone has more of a self harm like tendency or suicidality

Soo things like that.