Re:Physical reactions

In reading Dr Paulsen Inobe's post I did not interpret her as saying the client had "repressed" a memory. She said that the client had thought this experience had been resolved. Obviously, at least to me, the client had memory of the event, however, there was something around it needing to be dealt with and that it what the EMDR triggered.

Please stop the one-sided scare tactics. My therapist uses EMDR and hypnosis, among other techniques, and has clearly stated that he does not use these to uncover memories. The issue of repressed memories is a controversial one, for sure, but these is as much, if not more from my reading, to support the concept. Personally, I believe memories can be repressed though I have not uncovered any. I have however repressed feelings/emotions around traumatic experiences, I did not feel anything at the time and cannot access any feelings now. I recall the event(s), have never forgotten them, I know that what I witnessed was frightening, horrifying and traumatic and yet, at the time, as well as now I have no emotional reaction. I believe that is a form of repression, a repression of feelings/emotions. People do repress things, they do so because it is the only way to survive overwhelming experiences.

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