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EMDR Therapy (Nightmares)

ristaystrong2
ristaystrong2

I'm in EMDR therapy right now from some Trauma i went through when I was little and from some other traumatic things like being stalked by a kid. Which the guy who stalked me did it off and on for 3 years in 2015 of March i had told him if he didn't back off i would call the cops for sure and he stopped after that i haven't heard from him since but because of that the trauma that it caused was that when a unknown skype name comes up on my skype as a friend request I always get scared because he made a fake skype acocunt to try and get to me he harrassed me by calling, texting and skyping messaging me so much and he even went as far to call me a horrible person and this all was cause he had a massive crush on me and was obsessed with me, but in EMDR therapy when you worked through that stuff, memoreis can come up you didn't even know were there or memories that kind of were blocked out and when your in emdr you can have nightmares and stuff and i had a nightmare about him and it kind of freaked me out a little bit

Gladdmatt
Gladdmatt
The nightmare sounds awful, but in a way it"s "normal" that your unconscious has to process the trauma you went through. Being stalked is a horrible experience. I had a fairly benign stalker for a short time, and it took a couple of years to fully get over it. You seem to have had a much worse stalker. Be kind and patient with yourself, it does get better. It's very unfair that stalking victims have to deal with so much stuff when they didn't do anything, but see if you can make it a growth experience. For example, it taught me that I have a right to say no to anyone I want. I'll ask God to send you some healing.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
I haven't done EMDR, but CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) helped me create a context for what my nightmares and flashbacks could mean so I could process them as they came to me. Prazosin helps me prevent nightmares, but memories still come, and that's when talk therapy helped make having them not just a failure but a growth experience, as Gladdmatt put it above.
JennAdeleK
JennAdeleK
I'm unfamiliar with EMDR. Can someone tell me a little more about that?
Community LeaderLeo
Leo
EMDR for a "medical" thing... let some stuff out of my mental cellar I had kept forgotten and wanted to never know again. So.... Yeah, it can be rough. Go gentle. EMDR isn't for everyone.
@Jenn, "eye movement desensitization r-something". ESsentially, it's not unlike some forms of guided imagery, as a way to change associations we have with memories. It can relax parts of our minds that help us reprogram, but can also cause hell to break loose, as with me. I'm the "oddball" of course., but do tell the therapist about your reaction, okay?

CBT and talk therapy help me a lot more than EMDR, but everyone gets a different result.

Stalking is terrifying. Supportive hugs.
ristaystrong2
ristaystrong2
Thanks for all the support. Really appreciate it.
Zoe
Zoe
Every time I think I have remembered everything something new pops up. Muji is right about the Prazosin for nightmares. It is a high blood pressure medication and is not adctive. One day at a time.
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