EMDR FORUM ARCHIVE, 2000
Re:emdr
aikanae · 09/06/03 at 5:59 PM ET
wow. that is impressive and good work on your part. i can tell it's been tough and challenging, but so much more hopeful than living with 'quiet desperation' (the way i view addictions) i have just found a therapist, who also works with emdr and we are still in the 'exploritory' phase, as i've also got unconscious multiple traumas affecting my daily life. at this point in time, i don't have a wide safety net or supportive structure and he seems respectful of that. i know with some of my previous therapy, that has been an on-going issue at times, enough to cause me to hold back. my experience is that alot of people are not comfortable with issues raised in trauma therapy (of any kind). my first exposure to that was loosing a number of friends i had made through 12 step programs and i've been reluctant to go back (there also isn't many of them in my area) do you have any suggestions on where or what you found most supportive? i was planning to start something like a closed, 'second-stage' recovery group of about 5-8 people with abusive backgrounds and do some workbook like activity. but i'm hesitant for some reason - more like it doesn't 'fit' vs out of fear. i feel i need some support, sometimes just for the distraction and not for proccessing. i'm still looking - the other question i have (and you may not have the answer) is if traumas NEED to be dealt with one, by one? i was under the impression they didn't - and like traumas could be effected. the idea of going through it all, individually, makes life seem very short indeed (ugh). good work and you expressed it well.
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