Dissociation?

Dear All - -

My EMDR therapist (a psychiatrist) told me he believes that EMDR could trigger a dissociation in me... and that I may have to be put into a "safe place." He means that since I am fresh out of college and living with my parents (an unstable, tense situation) until Fall and grad school in another state, it may not be advisable... I'm going into Clinical Psych and know that I have dissociative tendencies.. But I'm certainly NOT DID. What do you think about dissociation?... And If I were to dissociate, what would it be like? What do people mean by "dissociation?" Is it common for people to be precautionally hospitalized during EMDR??? I'm sort of surprised because (compared to clients at my BA clinical internships!!), my traumas were extremely frightening but NOT horrible and catastrophic...
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Replies:

Re:Dissociation?, by another client, 06/10/01 Re:Dissociation?, by Sandra Paulsen Inobe, PhD, 06/11/01

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