EMDR, session 1
Had my first EMDR session today (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_Movement_Desensitization_and_Reprocessing in case you were wondering). It was quite possibly the suckiest two hours in human history. Those damned flashing lights strip away your inhibitions and defenses faster than a double-shot of Everclear taken ten minutes after donating blood. The results are not pretty.
There was a great deal of sobbing and some vomiting. Half an hour after it's ended, I still feel like I got kicked in the chest and I can't get my muscles to untense. According to the therapist, I made good progress. I'm starting to think all shrinks are secretly sadists...
But, hey, I survived (and had the sense to schedule these sessions on my days off). More "fun" next week.
Now, update accomplished, I'm going to go try to sleep that off.
There was a great deal of sobbing and some vomiting. Half an hour after it's ended, I still feel like I got kicked in the chest and I can't get my muscles to untense. According to the therapist, I made good progress. I'm starting to think all shrinks are secretly sadists...
But, hey, I survived (and had the sense to schedule these sessions on my days off). More "fun" next week.
Now, update accomplished, I'm going to go try to sleep that off.