EMDR Demonstration Video with Colleen West • Part 1

[hippieinboots]

It is working for me! Tips: 1.Make sure you have the right therapist for YOU 2. Try to take the rest of the day off for continued processing 3. allow for extra hours of sleep the following night. 4.Make sure you understand the process and that you following "the rules". ... It NOT a placebo and it's not a fake gimmick. I have chronic PTSD and I'm astonished with the results I'm getting! I would recommend that you not give up on it w/out making some adjustments and try again. Peace be yours.

[copperpaint]

My therapist is really pushing for us to do emdr. It scares me though

[manonjerome1975]

Shit even seeing this makes me cry

[TheLoShow2010]

emdr has been proven to be incredibly successful and has been the gold star standard for treating ptsd for 17 years

[RichardSSS1]

Check out the Wikipedia page for EMDR - it's heavily evidence-based.

By that, I mean it works well for a lot of people - not everyone - but a lot of people.

Unfortunately for difficulties like PTSD, anxiety etc., everyone is different so will respond well to different things. EMDR + CBT would be the best course with our current knowledge of what works best

[king420james]

People are so desperate they will try anything and sometimes doctors or people take advantage of there mind being in the state it is in hmmm...sad indeed.

[duchas]

@king420james ummm I suppose you have no idea about what you are talking about, i mean NO IDEA.

[king420james]

@duchas Yes i have no idea lol. But you didn't offer anything on the subject either. If lights and taps and sounds and talking cures people then those people must be very special and rare. But for the other trillion of us the search goes on for the cure...

[duchas]

@king420james Have you been diagnosed? What are your symptoms?

[85mariapatricia]

@king420james its actually empirically verified but ive just recently found out about the technique. emdr has been proven on a scientific not just anectdotal level. i gotta admit its weird though. thats the great thing about science: if it works it works no faith needed

[102ihateyou]

I have PTSD and EMDR didn't help me, I'm suprised it works for some people.........

[Storywithin]

@102ihateyou I also suffer from PTSD and they tried it 2 times and no results.

[102ihateyou]

@Storywithin It figures, its one big lie. And if people say it works for them then its some kind of Placebo type effect even though its not a pill. I feel it has the same concept.

[Storywithin]

OMG the therapist on this video talks like my therapist and even looks like her in a way, wow.

[hiimhol25]

And by that, I mean what happened when she was a little girl. VVV

[hiimhol25]

I'm confused as to what actually took place with her.