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Anyone relate to this?

Mars1212
Mars1212

So I found a therapist that I really clicked with and she uses the 'buzzers' are you familiar with those? The buzzing things that you hold in both hands?  They are used for EMDR.  Well I was pretty disregulated when I went to her office, and she had me hold those as we did the session. For some reason it put me in a hypnotic state as I was talking. Unbenownst to me, she referenced something that I do a lot, which is check doors excessively, and for some reason I had a major flashback of something I had totally forgotten about that involved a door, being locked behind a door, and then a detective finding me.


This happened many years ago, I was really shocked that holding this device going would cause this.  This diagnosis is strange, because it isn't always active and you never know what will set it off.


What gives you flashbacks and does EMDR trigger you in ways that other things don't?

arfie
arfie
i've never done EMDR nor the "buzzer," but the general gee fits techniques used in the 20th century to build awareness of subliminal phenomena such as the hyper vigilant need to map out escape routes (doors), etc. yes, building my awareness of these psychoticks heightened my awareness of their sources, but i solidly believe the trigger effect had been in play for a very long time. i simply wasn't aware of it. what had changed was my awareness of acting out those repressed episodes.

uncomfortable as it was and remains to build, awareness opens the door to more sustainable healing measures. the good news is that my comfort zone with new awareness has grown considerable. i still squirm at a new awareness, but i have grown considerable skill on the acceptance end.

what gives me flashbacks? i laugh at the "tw" fad because i can no more predict what triggers flashbacks than i can predict the next natural disaster. what gives me flashbacks? reminders, both innocent and evil.
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