recently integrated DID & emdr

I spontaneously integrated from DID a few months ago. My therapist and I had tried to do some emdr prior to that point but were unable as I became too dissociative during it.

I was thinking of trying it again. I know you can't advise on my personal situation, but generally speaking, what precautions should be taken in trying again? I just am frustrated and would like to finish therapy sometime in this lifetime and am also dealing with some attachment issues.

Nothing bad happened before - we only tried a few sets and it just was too hard for me to track, felt dizzy, couldn't remember what happened during sets, etc....

I have done minor, relatively surface level emdr a few times. Ironically I am a therapist, trained in emdr - I didn't realize I was DID until I switched during level 1 training for emdr (while acting as "client" in practice sessions. I have done emdr with a coworker, to debrief after difficult sessions to deal with my vicarious traumatization and that seems ok other than that it has often been hard to remember what happened during sets. But when I have tried with my therapist, it just feels too difficult

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Re:recently integrated DID & emdr, by Robert O'Brien, Ph.D., 05/20/02 Re:recently integrated DID & emdr, by karen2001, 05/20/02

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