EMDR is a powerful method of therapy that helps resolve PTSD symptoms such as strong negative emotions or the negative beliefs we can have about ourselves after surviving scary things.

For example, someone might logically know that it’s not their fault they were abused as a kid, but something deep down feels like it’s true that ‘I should have been a better kid,’ ‘I am bad,’ there’s something wrong with me,’ etc.

It can seem like every time something goes wrong, it just confirms that ick belief.

EMDR uses what’s called bilateral stimulation (i.e., your eyes move back and forth, or you hold two tappers that vibrate back and forth in your hands) to help your brain activate its adaptive information processing systems. Traumatic memories can be stored in fragmented pieces, and can lead to reiterating negative beliefs about ourselves. EMDR helps traumatic memories be stored more appropriately – it doesn’t change the past, but it changes how we think and feel about ourselves now, when we think about the past. Instead of recalling Bad Thing #24 and falling into a pit of despair and self-loathing because we’ve triggered the ‘I’m a horrible person who deserved that!’ belief, we can recall that bad thing and it can feel like an everyday memory- ‘it was a shitty thing that happened, but I’m okay now, and I’m fine the way I am.’  No pit of despair.

EMDR helps bridge the gap between what you might KNOW, but don’t *feel*.

You can truly know … I’m okay the way I am. I deserve love. I am lovable. It wasn’t my fault.

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