Re:what can I expect?

thank you, your response helped to a degree. I think my concern is more with the initial positive effects I have noticed. They don't seem to be lasting. Is this because I have multiple traumas to deal with? I notice that my body is unfreezing - that's a bit scarey for me - and is this unfreezing the reason, perhaps, why the initial positive effects don't seem to be lasting? I do discuss things with my therapist and we work closely together, it's a joint effort. It took me a while, had to get the safety in place, before I could stay with the bilateral stimulation and I have stopped the process. The safety and sense of control are there, we have done just a few sessions of bilateral stimulation and I have noticed some effects. Perhaps I'm hoping for too much, too soon. Will the initial positive effects which don't quite seem to be lasting begin to increase, last longer perhaps as I work through things with emdr? Will it be a slow build up?

I guess I'm looking for some reassurance. I know that an individual's response can't be predicted and I know my therapist can't tell me exactly what will happen. I also realize that I may not be noticing the effects/changes but my therapist might be noticing them - I'm tough on myself at times so perhaps I need to check things out a bit further with others to see what they are noticing.

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Re:what can I expect?, by Robert P. O'Brien, Ph.D., 09/16/00 Re:what can I expect?, by Bonnie, 04/18/01 Re:what can I expect?, by Sandra Paulsen Inobe, PhD, 04/21/01

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