emdr and ego states

Hi,

I've read the previous posts in regards to this subject and I understand them. I am aware of, always have been really, of the different aspects of self. EMDR seems to have pulled some of these aspects of self more to the surface, but nothing really big. recently I have done two sessions of EMDR (the bilateral stimulation) and they were quite helpful, first time I have been able to complete two sessions in a row of this. Plan for yesterday's session was to continue with this, more of the bilateral stimulation. However, because of how I felt we went with some ego state work and we did a lot more of this than I've done in past sessions. At least I was more actively involved I guess. It turned out to be an excellent learning experience and I felt after the session that I had made a breakthrough in understanding the roles of these aspects of self (already aware of them).

What is interesting and what I'm curious about is that last night I began to get very nauseous, never actually got sick, but I've been feeling quite nauseous since last night. I know it isn't something I ate, I suppose it could be a touch of a flu bug (but, I rarely if ever get anything like that) and I'm wondering - is this the result of the ego state work. I know that the EMDR itself can lead to nauseous feelings, headaches may occur in regards to pulling out ego states. Well, how about ego state work that follows two sessions of EMDR?

So, I'm curious about this, always something new to learn. If it could be related to the therapy work then I can take it from there and allow myself to acknowledge that a part of me has been pulled closer to the surface or something. Who knows what will unfold? I can contact my therapist if need be, but, I'm not anticipating that need.

Any thoughts on this. I gave a bit of my therapy story for background info. Not looking for advice, just wondering if the ego state work could be triggering something more and that is why I have the feelings of nausea which I really don't like and will just have to deal with!

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Re:emdr and ego states, by Sandra Paulsen Inobe, PhD, 03/23/02 Re:emdr and ego states, by , 03/23/02

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