EMDR effects

[SoDark]

After 14 years of therapy, i'm finally doing some really good work particularly with EMDR. I want to keep it up getting close to the root of my problems but this week has been absolutely awful after last weeks intense session. Tonight Im really trying to hold on to my abstinence from cutting. Any advice on EMDR would be welcome.

[Wonderland.]

I have never do EDMR but am glad that you are finding it helpful.

Have you developed any coping skills to help with the urges to cut?

[SoDark]

I have since realized that the EMDR session was a trigger but the real issue is taking birth control. This brand is messing me up big time.

[Crazy Cat Lady]

I had a few sessions of EMDR many years ago but it didn't really help me.

I'm so sorry to hear you're finding things difficult.

Do you want to talk about why birth control is bothering you? We are all here to listen should you want to talk further - you're never alone.

[SoDark]

hormones affect mental health. I'm going to try a different one

[beautiful_seclusion]

I'm also in EMDR. I had to postpone it a few weeks because I'm in the middle of qualifying exams and it was upsetting me too much. My therapist says it may get worse before it gets better, and so I plan to just do my best to get through it without harming myself. There's some strange dissociation symptoms coming up with it as well, and I (and my therapist) don't exactly know what they all mean yet. But to me, the benefit is worth the risk, and so I plan to continue it once my exams are over.

[SoDark]

Oh, I think its incredible. I plan to continue as well just not in combination with this medication