weird question

i have been doing EMDR(as a client) every two weeks for the past two years. Due to financial restraints, i had to quit. We have not been able to go to therapy for two months now. This is what's happening...every once in awhile, i am hit with only what i can describe as a "flashback" of the EMDR process. i can see the lightbar in my head, and hear the tones. Sometimes my eyes actually move. It is a very uncomfortable experience.

What i am thinking is that maybe a part of me was comforted by the EMDR and is trying to regain that experience. Or maybe a part is missing the therapist and relates the EMDR to her and so is trying to recapture the experience of therapy. i just don't know, and it is very confusing. All i know, is that when this flashback like thing happens, it hurts. The lightbar is so bright, and the tones are so loud. It gives me a major headache and makes me want to cry.

Has this ever happened to anyone else? i am guessing i am a total freak. i haven't read anything about this kind of thing on this forum. How do i make it stop? Will it just go away after an extended time of not being in therapy? i am kind of scared.

Replies:

Re:weird question, by Sandra Paulsen Inobe, PhD, 02/19/02 Re:weird question, by Never Someone, 02/19/02 Re:weird question, by Prefer Unknown, 02/25/02 Re:weird question, by NeverSomeone, 02/26/02

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