I went to a therapist who does EMDR and she said I was no where near ready for the process. She said that it can be really difficult going back to the age when the traumatic event happened and the fact that I was hurting myself like there was no tomorrow suggested to her that I'd just get worse.
She said that you have to have a lot of coping skills and be pretty skilled in them for it to be a safe form of therapy. Alas I did not end up doing it.
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