
I'm currently creating a website for my good friend who is a leading trainer in EMDR therapy. I never stop being amazed and dismayed at how many participants on this forum are victims of abusive parents.
Since EMDR therapy is relatively new and shows very promising outcomes, I want to bring awareness of this option, so that those in emotional pain can seek this treatment for themselves.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/22641-emdr-therapy
I've been going to regular therapy for years but I'd love to try this as well.
Not sure it would be a good idea to do it while also caring for abusive parent on a daily basis.....or if parent lives with you. Could be overwhelming, then.
Good for you and your friend for getting the word out about this treatment!
Painful, b/c you literally have to live through the initial triggers that gave you PTSD at the start--and I'd have a session and cry through the whole thing...
BUT--after quite a few session, working through past abuse by an OB, I was able to put the 'fear' (for lack of a better word) in it's place and I no longer am a victim of the past.
You need to have a therapist you TRUST implicitly, b/c you will go to places you don't want to go--and you need to have and open mind about it.
My therapist brought up using EMDR for about a year before I was OK to try it.
I'm not perfect, for sure, but so, so, so much better than I was.