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6 months ago started seeing a Somatic Therapist who by God’s grace is covered with my insurance. We’ve been doing EMDR and I swear it’s been an exorcism for the anxiety that lives rent free in my body. After our last sesh she asked me how I was feeling - while sobbing, I responded, “you know that meme of Nicole Kidman after she finalized her divorce? I feel free!”
Disclaimer: You do revisit a lot of trauma so be ready for that, but it is healing :)
Disclaimer: You do revisit a lot of trauma so be ready for that, but it is healing :)
Jun 16, 2025
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🌀i was recently diagnosed with PTSD from repeated childhood trauma that has haunted me my whole life. today, i just had my first session of EMDR therapy - which for a reason neurologists don't fully understand, allows (primarily) people with this disorder to be exposed to and entirely reprocess traumatic memories by utilizing what's called "bilateral stimulation." aka, i was following a light that darts back and forth and holding onto handles that would buzz from side to side.
i had zero clue what real peace felt like before i dove into what was already inside of me. my mind is NEVER quiet, but in that moment, my guard was let down entirely and i was able to be so comfortable in the silence of just *being.* it felt like i had been blind my whole life, and i just gained my ability to see.
the words i say here don't do it nearly justice enough for how spiritual and moving of an experience it was to be able to take back my life and start to turn off the alarm bells in my brain. if you even THINK this kind of therapy would benefit you, you need to at least get assessed by an EMDR professional because this is extremely legit.
it's giving me my life back - and i couldn't be more thankful.
i had zero clue what real peace felt like before i dove into what was already inside of me. my mind is NEVER quiet, but in that moment, my guard was let down entirely and i was able to be so comfortable in the silence of just *being.* it felt like i had been blind my whole life, and i just gained my ability to see.
the words i say here don't do it nearly justice enough for how spiritual and moving of an experience it was to be able to take back my life and start to turn off the alarm bells in my brain. if you even THINK this kind of therapy would benefit you, you need to at least get assessed by an EMDR professional because this is extremely legit.
it's giving me my life back - and i couldn't be more thankful.
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🌈lifechanging psychotherapy technique that reprocesses old memories and changes your beliefs around them simply by making your eyes move back and forth
i’ve been in therapy since I was 12 and nothing has helped me like EMDR. it has truly changed the way I perceive myself, the world, my life. I stay preaching about it
i’ve been in therapy since I was 12 and nothing has helped me like EMDR. it has truly changed the way I perceive myself, the world, my life. I stay preaching about it
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👁I have been hard at work in therapy for the past 8 + years, working through old wounds and traumas. I did a combo of CBT and art therapy for 5 years with a therapist named Rebecca. She changed my life. I moved away and needed to find a new therapist (oh man it was an interesting journey trying different therapists out, this one guy was an old Cali Jungian who made me feel crazy and shit on mentally ill people every session I had with him and sent me a lengthy angry text message when I ended things with him.) Now, I am trying EMDR with a different therapist named Rebecca - it’s working out great. We have been doing a lot of visualizations while I hold these two buzzers in my hands. I pictured myself putting this friend of mine who fuckboy’d me into a blue velvet ottoman cartoon style. With a slide whistle sound effect and everything. I reimagined this creepy guy experience. This dude was yapping at me in a creepy way, with EMDR my brain shrunk him down into a cartoon mouse and I couldn’t understand a word he was saying. I cried laughing crom some of these EMDR experiences.
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