Guest guest Posted October 29, 2001 Report Share Posted October 29, 2001 Several years ago when the Northridge earthquake hit outside of Los Angeles, my sister was living right near the epicenter. The building next to hers collapsed, and she was on the first floor of a 3-story apartment that was later deemed to have severe structural damage. At the time, I was living in San Francisco and working part time at a psychotherapy center where some of the therapists were heavily into EMDR. Since my sister suffered from very severe, true PTSD - with nightmares, insomnia, panic, etc. - I suggested that she try it since nothing else was helping her to get over the trauma. I helped her find an EMDR practitioner down there and she did several sessions. The results were truly amazing. Her PTSD symptoms literally just stopped, and she attributes her healing to the EMDR experience. I think it's true - as at least one researcher has postulated - that CFIDS patients often develop some secondary PTSD symptoms from the trauma of being sick, dealing with abusive doctors, etc. So it seems like EMDR might at least be helpful on this front, if not for other facets of CFIDS. It seems like such a trendy and goofy thing on the surface, but after I witnessed my sister's healing process I decided that it really seems to have some validity. Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 In a message dated 2/11/2003 4:53:25 AM Central Standard Time, writes: From: Tiktin-Fanti <andreatf1@...> Subject: EMDR Mike, I have read about EMDR. How did you go about it? Did you meet with a practitioner or did you do it on your own? I met with a practioner. I actually sought him out for a problem that I was having with some business associates regarding a plastics manufacturing facility that we co-owned. For some reason I was having real issues with trust and I talked with some body I knew in the field and he suggested EMDR. The results were astounding as I was flooded with a memory of when I was a child and somebody secretly used a tape recorder and asked me about my true feelings about my step mother. That person later played a recording back to her and she used that knowledge to hurt me for years. That unprocessed trauma jaded the way I saw life today and probably (with other things) lend to some compulsive behavior in regards to food. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Not being in the professional world, I had to get a definition of EMDR. I cursorily read a few pages from Google's seach and finally landed at <www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9078/ beware.html>. Looks like one needs to approach this type of therapy with caution! Ruth --- In , MBellKC135@a... wrote: > In a message dated 2/11/2003 4:53:25 AM Central Standard Time, > writes: > > > From: Tiktin-Fanti <andreatf1@y...> > > Subject: EMDR > > > > Mike, > > > > I have read about EMDR. How did you go about it? Did > > you meet with a practitioner or did you do it on your > > own? > > > > > > I met with a practioner. I actually sought him out for a problem that I was > having with some business associates regarding a plastics manufacturing > facility that we co-owned. > > For some reason I was having real issues with trust and I talked with some > body I knew in the field and he suggested EMDR. The results were astounding > as I was flooded with a memory of when I was a child and somebody secretly > used a tape recorder and asked me about my true feelings about my step > mother. That person later played a recording back to her and she used that > knowledge to hurt me for years. > > That unprocessed trauma jaded the way I saw life today and probably (with > other things) lend to some compulsive behavior in regards to food. > > Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 How about some details. What is EMDR? on 2/11/2003 2:14 PM, strbrdtack <cccucc@...> at cccucc@... wrote: > Not being in the professional world, I had to get a definition of > EMDR. I cursorily read a few pages from Google's seach and > finally landed at <www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9078/ > beware.html>. Looks like one needs to approach this type of > therapy with caution! > > Ruth > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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