EMDR Trauma Recovery Series — Part 3
EMDR Magic Changes My Belief About Being Alone
Memory № 3– three sessions take me from feeling alone to feeling supported
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is a form of therapy targeting traumatic memories. It uses bilateral stimulation which is just another way of saying ‘follow the bouncing ball.’ My therapist told me up front that some people don’t make it through the sessions. Now I know what he meant by that.
№ 3 Traumatic Memory — a true story by yours truly
What you are about to read is a true story that ends with tragedy and heartache.
Somehow, I never met the right person to marry until my mid-thirties and when I did, it was a whirlwind of engagement and then marriage. We made friends, had social activities and generally had a great life together. However, 20 years into the marriage, Billy began to slowly decline because of lifelong diabetes and the complications that it caused in his body. He began to slow down a lot, visit the ER more often than not, and he became rather sickly and weak. It was the last months of his illness that I finally decided to have him put in…
