Client reflection following EMDR Therapy“Something that I particularly remember that I felt was like breakthrough was when I was crying and I felt like I couldn’t breathe and then suddenly I turned to Greer at the end of it and said “I think I can enjoy orange creamsicles again” and she looked so proud but also sad at the same time. This was huge to me because this one taste has always lingered around with this memory. I think, if anything, this was super powerful. Realizing that maybe you’re okay, and can enjoy these things again without such distress is life changing. This is how you cope and live with PTSD, by removing the painful emotions from these triggers.
The very last image I got from this session was me at the beach, just alone and enjoying the wind in my hair. When Greer asked again how upset I felt, I didn’t feel it, because to me, now the memory felt so distant. I had never been allowed this much time to think of this trauma and now with supervision, my brain did the hard work. I felt lighter in my bones”.
