EMDR Forum Archive, 1999
PSTD, Clinical Depression, EMDR
Cathy · 8/13/99 at 1:05 am ET
Long story short. My husband was killed in stealth plane crash..I was left with a 1 yr. old and pregnant. In 4 years I developed severe depression and PSTD to the point that I "experienced" the crash every day and could not even function in every day life. It has taken over two years of therapy and trying almost every antidepressant to try to relieve the depression. I have been undergoing EMDR for about 3 months to try to get relief from all the intrusive thoughts and images of the crash. Some sessions have worked like a miracle. Some have only intensified the images to the point where I have the urge to actually hit my head, and some images will just not budge. Is this the normal process of the EMDR process? And does it get worse before it gets better? This is not a trauma I actually experienced myself...I know so many details of my husbands crash and the aftermath of his body that it is my mind creating these images. They are tortorous. Also, the EMDR sessions seem to be bringing up some very awful childhood abuse history that I thought was long ago in the past....is that normal? Sorry, I am long winded...but so very anxious to be healthy again one day. Cathy
Replies:
|
| Behavior OnLine Home Page | Disclaimer |
Copyright © 1996-2004 Behavior OnLine, Inc. All rights reserved.
