EMDR FORUM ARCHIVE, 2000
Re:Complex PTSD & EMDR
another client · 11/05/02 at 1:07 ET
"My real question is this. As I continue to work through my own traumatic events from childhood, how do I cope with the So, just go at the pace best for you and know it does get better. At least that is how it has been for me.
everyday life stressors. I cannot shake that feeling of "waiting for the other shoe to fall". Liek I'm afraid to let my guard
down because some other tragedy is waiting around the corner. I know that is part of my disorder.
As I continue to heal, will my ability to live with the everyday life stressors improve? "
I can't add much to the response from Sandra, except to say that I relate to your concerns and feelings. I have been there, tensed up and waiting for that next thing to happen etc. Living with the anxiety and fear of it all, the past and the future. I found Paxil helped, took me a while to try medications but I finally did and it did help me with my feelings of anxiety as well as depression. Therapy has used a variety of approaches, including EMDR, which is spaced out. I no longer have that on guard feeling as much, it is there at times if I start to think too much!!! Like any of us, I can worry needlessly etc. It has become easier to handle the day to day stressors, always handled most of them anyway. I had to cut back on a lot of things, ended up off work, that was before any EMDR and what sent me back into therapy. It has been slow, however, the on guard feeling is not like it was at all and I am handling the day to day stressors much better. Again, EMDR has been spaced and other approaches used also.
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