I havent done it but my mom has. She said it works but it really brings back the memories you have tried or your mind has locked away.

I Know!!! Thats the point i have worked for years to keep them in the back of my mind!!! I dont wasnt it all brought back!!! I cant see myself getting through that without having a panick attack...

it wasn't for me, but someone here on d.s. wrote that sessions with emdr were more helpful then 6 years of therapy...it might just work for you

i tried it once with something little and i didnt work i just kept telling myself this was so stupid!!! Not to mention i cant see my brain alowing me to think about it...

I haven't tried it yet, but am willing to try it when I get to that point in my therapy.

There are some DS Members here that have done EMDR and has helped them.

Check out the website too for more info:
EMDR.com

I love EMDR. It did more to help me than anything else I have ever tried (ECT, meds, other therapies). I was scared but my therapist was good to stop if things got intense. The good thing about EMDR is that it is designed to get you in as safe a place of mind as possible. It is a process that goes at the pace you set and feel most comfortable with. Memories are brought back up, but they are then reevaluated in a way that you can reprocess them and restore them so that they are not as threatening and painful. You stop fighting them by trying to forget them and just release them. I still remember the bad things, but they don't haunt me anymore. I'm not fighting them anymore. I don't know if I am explaining it very well. I just know I am not living in as much fear as I used to. I don't struggle as much. I feel freer and happier. Well, good luck whatever you choose.

EMDR is good stuff...have a little courage and get better faster.