EMDR Self Administered with 528Hz Harmonics
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I've had several rounds of EMDR with a therapist, and i'll tell you what
she taught me to "do" during the above therapy that has had the most
extraordinary impact on every facet of my life. #1 think of the trauma,
or emotion, or whatever it is that is bothering you (If you haven't done
this before, start with just a bothersome thought, self/core belief or
emotion.) #2 begin the therapy, and think about the
belief/emotion/trauma but actually FOCUS on the part of your body in
which the emotion is "stuck." For instance, most of my hurt is located
either in my stomach, or chest area. You've got to FEEL it, because the
most incredible thing about EMDR is that you can actually tell when the
emotion, thought, belief etc is subsiding. You'll want to go back soon
and reprogram your thoughts with whatever positive self belief you
choose. My current new self-belief is that "I am lovable, I can love
others, it can be safe to let others close." Now, just to be clear, you
will probably need to do at least a couple rounds to clear it all away,
but if you're anything like me, you will be eager to get back to your
favorite green ball knowing that it will help you unload the enormous
weight that you had carried around for so many years.
You'll be set free
thank you darling
Thank you so much
What about if the trauma is not in a specific place? What if I don't even remember how it happened? And only have the annoying symptoms?
@@xristinarose2409 Check out Dr Peter Levine about Somatic Experience. I used to have a hard time feeling my emotions and sensations in my body but somatic experiencing helps brings up thoughts, emotions, and visual memory for me. When I do EMDR more and more of the details and imagery comes up. I would suggest be careful with somatic experiencing though because the shaking and tremors can be overwhelming.
@@xristinarose2409 did anyone ever answer you?
This sounds a little weird but it was really helpful in conjunction with EMDR therapy-Write to your inner child using your prominent hand and then have your inner child write you back using your other hand. You can ask questions or soothe them- just let them have a voice and tell you what they are feeling. Make sure to parent them lovingly. Tell them they are safe. I tried this with two particularly rough childhood memories that I was working on with EMDR - and it helped a lot for me with processing. Could help someone out there🤷🏻♀️
XLNT idea!!!
Thxx will try
Thanks! I´ve been trying to do something with my inner child but didn´t know what to do. This might do the trick.
Wow! Thank you for this tip.
Thank you! I am doing inner child work and also contemplating EMDR
I picture the moving light as an eraser in my subconscious, removing negative programs and beliefs that no longer serve my highest good. Love and light will take their place
very nice analogy!
Nice 👌 ❤️
Analogy on point 👌🏻
That's a great idea
Wow, I thought I was the only one who felted like that, I was literally thinking this works like an eraser omg. I really love this video.
This is amazing. I have had EMDR therapy with my therapist and it has helped me a lot. I still know how to do it and I think it's good to have some kind of structure with it. Just like Christy explained it in the current top post, that's close to how I do it. I'm glad I found this and now I can do this also alone. I do think it can be dangerous to do it if you are still very unstable or to do it with very severe trauma alone. EMDR is a very strong technique and has a lot of healing power, BUT with healing there also comes a prize to pay. Often we can be very attached to our trauma. It can be our identity. Our drive. Our motivation. Please be aware that if you lose your trauma there can be a huge nothing left. Try to remember things you like to do unrelated to your trauma to get a first few starting points and go from there. And also: just because you don't suffer from the trauma anymore you can still have it as a part of your life. Help others. Write online. Help people in your community. Those are just some ideas.
So cute what you say. Danke
@elimar008 there's a reply in the top comments which explains a bit in bullet point form.
(It's my first time here 🤗)
Can u explain for me how u was using this treatment pls
Ive been doing EMDR therapy for about 8 months now. It has helped me tremendously. But I really relate to what you said about the void- when the trauma starts to heal and disappear. It felt like everything Ive known just kind of crumbled around me, and now Im alone on this island- standing by myself. Happy to be where I am but nothing feels familiar and it’s honestly a little scary moving forward. I hung onto my trauma for a long long time- not really addressing it- or realizing it held me back as much as it did. Definitely relate to your comment on it being a part of your identity and your motivation. Thank you - very nice to know I’m not alone.
thanks for this.
I've had EMDR with an incredible therapist, he knew Francine Shapiro who invented EMDR in the 80s. I thought trauma was permanent, but I'm on my way now to normal. EMDR is seriously like magic, it's crazy what the mind can do.
I did this once this morning and it has given me the most peaceful day in a very long time. A trauma disorder that has been in operation for about 8 years was making my life not worth living but after one 10 minute session I am in a different place. Unbelievable.
Curious how you did it .. did you think of your trauma the whole time?
@@artfulinspirationsbysue126 Yes. Think about how it makes you feel. The feelings are harder to recall when your eyes are moving like that. Try to really feel what it was like at the time, and your mind will be nearly scrubbed of these charged emotions.
@@artfulinspirationsbysue126 I tried to yes. Sorry for the late reply. I revisited this today and did it again. Once again I tried to think of the trauma but my mind wandered to other things also. Did you get any benefit from it? It blew my mind the first time. It actually gave me relief so good that I became mildly elated.
Lol
So happy for you!
Prior to engaging in the exercise do the following: 1/2) identify the "picture/memory" that you want to heal AND the corresponding feelings this negative experienced caused within you (i.e., "I must be worthless.") 3) identify the positive statement(s) to replace the negative statements-the negative thought you had at the time of the trignt (i.e., "I am good enough"). The VA.gov has a great one minute video detailing the "how to".
🙏 thank you 💓🧘♀️
where is the 'how to' videon on the VA website? thanks
What is VA gov??
I listened to this earlier, I felt a bit awful afterwards. Tonight I walked into my home without checking the whole house for an attacker. Very strange to feel like this. Thank you. I am looking forward to tomorrow.
Working on past trauma can trigger more past trauma to the surface or make the trauma you did emdr on more easily triggered. Take care of yourself, there are a lot of things you can do to deal with the emdr aftermath (think of yourself as a little child that needs emotional help). Also just time will make the trigger smaller.
Better safe than sorry though. Check the house?
You can feel bad afterwards for a short while before you notice improvement. It’s common to feel exhausted after.
In addition to EMDR, there is Core Transformation therapy. See Tamara Andreas Core Transformation on YT. Basically, it's all about feeling your feelings. The therapist will ask what's the problem. You say fear.Your therapist asks where is it? You say, the back of my neck. She then says go into that part in a feeling sort of way and ask it, What do you want? The part says, safety! Thank the part and imagine it in safety. Then ask is there anything deeper than safety. Wait for the answers a bit. It could be an image, a sound or even another feeling. Let's say the word Calmness comes up.You thank, the part, imagine it in Calmness and after a it ask is there something deeper than Calmness? And now you get oneness, or peace, love or being-ness. The interesting point in CT is these Core feelings of oneness etc are already there in us. Like a newborn, the ego-less state is
already there. Then to top the day off I try to do Greg Braden's Gratitude Meditation. It's 7 mins, slow deep breathing, hand over the heart and feel the gratitude. It can be for anything. Yes, my PTSD has me that screwed up.
@@jknell5031 Thank you J.
Whoever you are, thank you so so much for putting this up without advertisements. You are helping more people than you even know ❤️
People who watch a lot of tennis ought to be really happy.
Yes but they sometimes move the head
My cat loves this 🤘😸
@@blasterii5487 it u
genius!!! LOOOOOOLLL
Hahahahaha bahahahaha
I use this whenever i have emotions that i don’t understand where they come from. With C-PTSD i find that i repress my emotions without even realizing it. Its nice to be able to go back in my mind and organize my emotions
How did you do it? Just focus on the emotion and make eye movements? Did you replace negative beliefs that you could know during the process?
Same here. Its like a knee jerk reaction to repress them. Hoping this helps. What do you do exactly during the session?
@@user-in3ys9vg8p I am not the OP but I do the same. I bring up the painful memory, focus on the feelings and the thoughts that come with it. Because of the eye movement the feelings do not become overwhelming for me, so I can dive deep into them. Automatically the source of the feelings of feeling worthless or not enough opens and I can work through it. Then I think about how I would have wanted to feel in that situation and really dive into that. When I feel better I focus on this for a while until it sits deep inside and then I finish the session
take something that is bothering you (not a trauma) and think about it while watching the ball. Whatever feelings come up, try to stay with them rather than, say, arguing with yourself "I should feel different" or anything like that, just stay with the feelings or memories and see what comes up while always focusing on the ball going back and forth. Whatever you feel is ok. You don't have to "do" anything else.
If you find yourself getting avoidant (of emotions or thoughts) or starting to get flooded (with emotions or thoughts), it's time to take a break. Be gentle with yourself, come back to it when you feel ready. Notice if your tendency is to get flooded or to get avoidant, both are ok. You are ok. It's good to know this about yourself, because in your life if you are good at noticing these things you will know when it's time to take a breather.
If 10 is a panic attack and 1 is calm, start with something that's a 3 or a 4, and don't go to your 10 things until you are experienced with this, and ideally with someone to support you if there is someone safe you can trust or if you can afford a therapist
I didn't expect this to be that powerful, especially for depression. Cool.
Are you still without depression after that video?
@@deolho3538 it really works, your mind goes blank and you feel better
This is probably why the video game “pong” was so mesmerizing for me and my friends when we were teenagers in the 70s.
I loved it too.
Pretty obvious now, huh?
I liked it as well... lol. Wish I could still play it.
this is actually a very interesting comment
This really works. I imagined one of my childhood traumas there's a lot of them but one specific when my mother told me that I am to much sensitive and i need to stop crying for stupid things so she left the house and said I will come back when you stop crying. I felt like I'm not good enough and i don't deserve her love so she abendobed me and will never come back. I was just 5 y old. So what I did I recalled the memory and first round I did 2 minutes just thinking about the situation and I felt again like that little child. Then I did one more round of 2 minutes imaging that she came back and said I love you boy, I'll never leave you I am so sorry. You're good enough ect. So actually I made up a good ending story and somehow I feel now like that situation end up positive. When I think about it now I feel love and security.
omg this is absolutely beautiful. thank you for sharing and i'm so glad for your healing 💗
This is a fantastic way to deal with your trauma. Thankyou for sharing
Thank you so much for posting this video. For a good portion of my life I have suffered from debilitating anxiety and panic attacks, especially very early in the morning. I've tried pretty much every and anything from tons of different meds and herbal remedies to therapy to breathing etc etc etc and nothing has been as effective is this, not even other emdr videos. I believe the hz sound waves you used in this makes all of the difference. I cannot put into words how grateful I truly am. This is the second morning in the last week that I've woken up in a state of panic, used this video, and felt completely calm, comfortable, and relaxed. I would recommend trying this to anyone that suffers from anxiety and panic. Thanks again from the bottom of my heart!
Crystal S
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Crystal S I'm happy this video has worked out well for you.
+Crystal S Thanks for the feedback; i’ll try it on tomorrow morning. It’s THIS or i’m out.
+Ten et demi I hope this helped and you are, in fact NOT "out".
can i ask what do you exactly do when you watch this video? Like how do you channel your thoughts during the video..
Before doing this exercise, be sure to identify your negative and positive statements--the negative thought you had at the time of the triggering event (i.e. "I am powerless") and the positive statement now (i.e. "I am in control now.") Rate which one is rationally more true. Then identify any tension in your body that arises from the triggering memory and allow yourself to relax the tension away. An EMDR session is not considered successful unless you can remove all the body tension during the exercise. You have to know body and mind that your positive statement of safety and vindication is true for you and that the old beliefs are false.
Very true, that's when you know it has worked. When the tension is gone. I had one session and couldn't believe the changes in my life, but need to go back until I've gone through ALL the memories. Thanks for sharing that.
How do u execute it? What do u think about when following the dot?
how does the brain know which message to take in? If I think about both the good and the bad.. shouldn't it all just be desensitized?
@@omsnaga
I tried with thinking the bad. Seems to work. Feeling was less intense but i havent tried it again cos i was not ready.
@@RonLarhz maybe start off with the smaller stuff
I felt really proud of myself today- when I listened to this, I realized I’d already addressed a lot of the images of my trauma in therapy. It was nice to see just how much of it has faded from something actively haunting me for years to something I can watch with minimal emotional effect and an objective view. It is proof that time and facing my fears truly is helping me heal and that brings me peace and joy.
Holy shit something is working dude, I feel different. Like I can look back at my trauma and it's not hurting me as much.
Like, I just randomly started smiling and feeling a bit better watching this, something changed in my brain.
This shit is nuts.
It wasn't working when the sound was off though I'll say that. I think my mind was too scattered without it.
It really does work. I started it last night and when I went to our office today, my employees said, "There's something different about you." I've always been a kind and generous person. I treat everyone with respect. But, they said that they noticed a certain anxiety level gone in me. I can feel it. Wonderful.
emdr is psychological surgery! i am so happy for you
@nth gates take something that is bothering you (not a trauma) and think about it while watching the ball. Whatever feelings come up, try to stay with them rather than, say, arguing with yourself "no i need to think postive" or anything like that, just stay with the feelings or memories and see what comes up while always focusing on the ball going back and forth. You don't have to "do" anything else. If you find yourself getting avoidant or starting to get flooded, it's time to take a break. Be gentle with yourself, come back to it.
Notice if your tendency is to get flooded or to get avoidant, both are ok. You are ok. It's good to know this about yourself, because in your life if you are good at noticing these things you will know when it's time to take a breather.
If 10 is a panic attack and 1 is calm, start with something that's a 3 or a 4, and don't go to your 10 things until you are experienced with this, and ideally with someone to support you if there is someone safe you can trust or if you can afford a therapist
@@murphy903 i feel like ive got an extra layer of something protective around me and i feel quiet inside. Its wonderful.
@@rabbitwho thank you so much
Last year I experienced bad car accident with a policeman. Ive never been the same since. For months I didn’t drive and I was terrified of being in a car especially at night time. The trauma from car accident also opened up the traumas I’ve experienced in my childhood. I’ve dealt with consistent nightmares, restless nights, going days without eating due to my anxiety causing me to have lack of appetite, and fear of death. I’m easily triggered at night time and especially when I see another police vehicle. EMDR has helped desensitized my triggers. I’ve been going to therapy working through this. However, with the COVID 19 going on I can’t see my therapist at this time due to social distancing. A few nights ago I went to the beach and when I came back to my car I noticed a ticket was on my windshield. As I looked down the road I saw two police vehicles leaving out the parking lot and I immediately went into that dark traumatic place in my mind. I’m still triggered by these things. But that’s the good thing about healing is being able to identify your triggers. I have hope that I can heal myself and bring self medicating to my mind. I will try doing this on my own and will work through the process. To all others who have experienced trauma in your life’s I’m here to let you know that we can get through this❤️. It takes time and patience to overcome deep rooted traumas. But most importantly, you as an individual must bring healing into your own self. No one else can heal you except yourself. It took me time to realize that. Be kind to yourself, stay positive and keep on healing 🌕⭐️🌈💜.
It is hard to be triggered. I am healing my triggers because they are coming up more and more. I want to say thank you for your story and I hope your doing good.
It is now nearly 2 years since I first used this video (UA-cam is saying its one year- its 2 years in a few weeks). My very first go with this video gave me around 48 hours of the most amazing psychological relief I had experienced in many years. Alas the experience faded and I went back to the familiar trauma disorder with all its trimmings. Subsequent attempts to experience the same quality of relief did not work so I started to believe it was a one off and I was beyond the saving power of EMDR. How wrong I was!!!!!
I was reintroduced to EMDR by a trained therapist only days ago- she told me it was something I had to do consistently and that it would help my brain to repair itself with continued use. She was so right. My life has been transformed thanks to daily use of EMDR. I was at the end of my tether and ready to die. EMDR has restored me to a life of acceptance, enjoyment, relief and peace- EMDR has allowed me to sleep properly and during that sleep my brain has healed. Please dont make the mistake that I made 2 years ago and give up on EMDR after one incredible experience or an initial disappointing experience- it works better with continued usage over time. My therapist introduced me to 2 EMDR videos on youtube and they have both been amazing for me. USE EARPHONES WHEN DOING THEM.
ua-cam.com/video/rcxVud2XZw0/v-deo.html - FOR USE AT ANY TIME OF DAY
ua-cam.com/video/FkuqlRkMk_s-/v-deo.html FOR USE 30 MINS BEFORE SLEEP.
Thank you so sharing! Will this work for sleep anxiety? It's very hard for me to sleep due to a PTSD experience
@@zincerish Not the person you are asking but usually one of the most common side effects of EMDR is fatigue and sleepiness. Hope it works for you 😊
I was in emdr therapy for years before i moved to a state that doesn't believe in helping those with mental illness. Im truly happy to have found this.
Missouri? Or another midwest state? Lol
amazing how the triggering memories stop.
I do this at least once a day and my life has improved tremendously as a result.
thanks so much for this.
just the 10 minutes? And what are thinking of during or early on? I haven't had success short term, but I'm not going to give up.
+Chris Faulkner my relationship. it really helped stop the thoughts.
Just saw the notification in my email. Your current relationship?
I just ended my 8 year marriage yesterday.
I am sorry. But may I ask...your negative thought is related to the marriage? Are you thinking of a positive to erase the negative? Or thinking the negative and the EMDR helps chase it away? Not trying to pry. Just understand whether we're focusing on a positive or negative?
Thank you for taking the time to make and post this. I just used it while thinking of my worst memory from my childhood. Just before it hit the 8 min mark I stopped crying and felt calm and emotionless. I feel like that means it worked.
The comments in this video thread made me cry, I pray that we all get past the trauma in our lives and continue to help others do the same
If you want to add some extra stimulation to this, cross your arms and tap your biceps along with the movements of the ball (otherwise known as the butterfly hug, there’s tons of UA-cam videos on it). My therapist told me about this technique and it’s super helpful!
I'll tap in public to help calm me
@Christian Di Fonso I'm doing emdr under the care of my therapist. We use the tone during sessions/ groups when applicable. I tap in public when I don't feel comfy/ can't listen to the tone. Are you working with a therapist on the emdr?
I'll try it Chew, thanks
Interesting okay. I will try that next time. Butterfly hug, ha I'm way too much of a dude to admit that is the name I'm gonna pretend its called the self bear hug or something to make me sound cooler than I am.
@Christian Di Fonso If you don't know your traumas you might know your triggers. If you don't know your triggers then you must have some other indicator to the fact that you have a problem.
You can probably use this with the triggers or the indicators. Just understand sometimes the mind will shut the door to the memories because you don't yet have a safe way of releasing them.
Working on the triggers, or the indicators might be the recipe for your body/mind to learn its safe to release. Very slowly you might work on releasing pain of indicators, then gently triggers, the slowly open door while following your release recipe and let go of bits you might remember, if you need to ever even remember.
I did EMDR with a professional because I was perseverating on the moment an ER doctor told me I had brain cancer. I relived it 150 times a day, and all night. I did one session of EMDR and it stopped. It's miraculous.
It really is I almost can’t believe it. My flashbacks completely stopped (they were nonstop too) after I did this by myself even
I have separation anxiety with my boyfriend.. i am 34 years old and been abandoned as a child and more then a few times as an adult. I have been in therapy, but what i do i can't shake the feeling that i am not worthy of love and they will leave or are planning to leave me. This really helped a lot! I used a memory of my boyfriend and at first I could feel him on a pedestal and after the session I feel much more equality. The sharp edges seem to be gone. Thank you
That sounds like codependency, which I am going through now. I'd advise looking it up and watching this on things that may have caused it (often childhood neglect, abandonment or lack of affection) or the feelings of lack of self love and worth. It causes very hard feelings of jealousy and fear of abandonment. I hope you are doing well now since it is a year later, but thought I'd mention it.
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Trying to heal my traumaus on my own, bc i feel like even with therapy, the traumaus still haunt my thoughts everyday.
BUT i tried this for one of the traumaus, and now the day after i dont feel that emotional attached to the memory, and i cant almost remember the details of the memory like i used to😄 im sooo happy, pls dont ever delete this video, i have hopes this can changs my life!!🙏😊
How is it going now Ida? Super curious!
Thank you...! Have done this with a physiologist with success and he told me I can do at home... I played around with this video and thought it was a good idea.. UNTIL I had a bad day.. noticed my anxiety watched this redirected my thought pattern to a healthier pattern watched again... felt much better, instantly ...2 weeks later: best I’ve been since the trauma just over 12 months ago..
Thank you 🙏
Wow. This is a life saver. Thank you for posting this. I've been using this video for a couple of weeks now and I feel so much better.
I see it's been years... But what are you doing while watching this? What are you thinKing about and does it matter?
What do u do when folowing the dot? Blank out or rhinking smthg?
Yes please share your whole.method
Hi There, I recommend reading the comment from Christy Bingham, above. She explains it nicely.
Is it safe to just listen without Looking at it
I’m going to try doing this a few times a week. Whenever I look back on my life, most of my childhood is completely blank due to varying forms of emotional and physical abuse and neglect. This helped me remember some not so horrible memories that had been blocked out with the bad ones. I hope this can help me remember abuse too so that I can come to terms with it. Some days I’ll re-live the abuse, and then I’ll wake up one morning having blocked it out again. I really hope this helps.
This calmed me down. I felt my shoulders relax and zoned out. It's liberating. Ty
One of the best, or the best EMDR video on youtube. Thanks for posting!!
I have been doing self-administered EMDR for the past week or two and it has been working!
I feel less inclined to ruminate on past events. I haven't gotten any super powerful effects just yet, but I can tell it's working. Recently, I've been having vivid dreams and recollections of the past, things I haven't thought about in decades. I feel like it's digging up what I need to process. My therapist said to let EMDR do its work and trust that it'll guide you on what you need to work on.
I will be doing EMDR every single day for the next year, so I will update you all on my progress throughout my journey :)
Much blessings and hope everyone is on the path to healing themselves :)
xoxo
Thanks for sharing - how are you finding EMDR one month on?
@@RestorativeRenaissance Fantastic. Highly recommend. Most of my trauma I don't even think about anymore which is very freeing. Still hoping to do more EMDR, however. Will report back about further insights.
@@sunnywest28 brilliant - thank you for responding! Glad to hear that you’re seeing and feeling great results. I’ve been doing it a week and took a few days off to go sailing. I am noticing the difference already. I feel differently about the relational issues I had focussed on in last weeks sessions - like a weight has lifted. So I’m going to persist and tackle each source of my anxiety until they’ve been minimised / negated. It is amazing that such a simple technique yields these results.
@@RestorativeRenaissance same for me. Literally did this once for a few different traumas. I had been triggered and was experiencing nonstop flashbacks and anxiety atttacks. I was so desperate when I tried this video 4 days ago. It’s almost unbelievable how much better I feel. Now I want to work on childhood trauma from bullying to help with my social interactions in the present. Fingers crosses
Hey how are you doing?
This helped me to find the reason why Id always shake my hands when signing something, and thats was giving me a lot of anxiety because its embarrassing. Few years ago I had to sign a document to renew my driving license and the lady was asking me to sign the same way I signed like 15 years ago when I first got my driving license, I failed to sign so many times in front of her because I simply couldnt write that way anymore, and from that moment I was shaking every time when signing anything in front of other people. This lady couldve have helped me and accepted the way I sign but I was forced to attempt to sign for like 20 minutes the way she wanted . Just after watching this video and trying to think so hard about the problem, I feel better now that I remember that fact, so I found the trauma, now I need to work on that, and accept that I dont need to shake anymore I guess
I am not trying to just make a nice comment here, or try to prove if this is real, maybe it's placebo, but I doubt it, but I really don't know. I am legitimately experiencing emotions and memory, this is amazing.
Prior to following this video I think of a question, such as why do I procrastinate, and then followed the ball. And what occurs is eventually it's like I'm guiding myself with questions as I'm watching this video, it's like my mind goes into a trance but yet I'm able to question/guide within this state, and I was able to go back to a moment in my childhood where I felt like I was messing up as a student when trying to do work and my teacher got mad, frustrated , and angry with me, I actually stated to feel so bad and cried. And I was able to do this with other issues I have and with remembered circumstances, I try to go back to, it's as if my mind goes into this trance and I can then question it, openly, to get to the bottom of it. And the weird thing is, I do this same type of crying/pain, there are no tears, but I do feel my face as if it's trying to cry and wants do, and I feel it inside my like I want to so badly but don't end up actually tearing as if my soul is very sad/hurt.
So there is something going on here, I kind of feel like the mind knows where to go, it just needs guidance during the state you can get it in.
Funny thing is, last night I tried this, and couldn't even focus. My mind was actually telling me to stop or something bad could happen. Oddly, the voice that was trying to get me to not do this is the same voice that existed when I had years of OCD. And I realize, it's as if my mind recognized so much trauma in my life it is forbidding me to ever experience it again, therefore compensating with ways with avoiding that pain but unintentionally causing disorders along the way as a result.
Thank you for this video, I'm going to keep practicing using it, seeing where I can go with it. If any of this is true, this is truly a revolutionary way I never even knew existed on tapping into trauma and comforting it. I've read below peoples comments on how it helped change or is changing their life, so amazing that with this video you have changed peoples lives for the better.
I'm Japanese, and my English is not very good, so I rely on a translator.
C-PTSD in Japan is not well known and the EMDR process is not well understood at all.
I met a therapist 12 years ago who helped me process my childhood bullying
with trauma EMDR and I'm still managing the bad sensations and destructive urges.
I'm grateful to have found a therapist, even though my self-esteem isn't high.
I would like to calm myself down with EMDR Self Administered.
Once my mind is somewhat better after EMDR treatment, I started shooting videos
of my old pigeons that I've been dating for a long time. Take a look at it if you'd like.
Love your channel...
@@AK-vm1lb Thank you, I am very happy.
I just tried this and every time I thought of one of the many traumas I've suffered in the last year, I started sobbing my eyes out. It seemed to make the emotion flare up and intensify and then gradually subside. I was a carer for my lovely mum for over ten years and the last year was terrible for her with all her health problems before she passed last September. So much suffering for her and stress for me has left me traumatised and in terrible grief. This does seem to bring emotions out so they can be released. I will do this at least once a day for the next few weeks.
Only my opinion. Sobbing means you are letting yourself feel repressed emotions. It’s a good thing. You can’t give up what you don’t own.
I had a heart attack from stress after caring for my mom for 10 years.
@@wednesdayschild3627 Really sorry to hear that. I know it can be incredibly stressful. Hope you are doing OK now.
Sending you love and light. You're an amazing, caring, loving person.
@@rosepemberton5262 Thanks for your kind words.
So grateful that this video was uploaded, it's apparently helped so many people. I'm overcoming a really traumatic relationship with a malignant narcissist who also suffered from what would be perceived schizophrenia. These issues were never addressed or treated with him and it left me to be subjected to a ton of psychological and emotional abuse along with manipulation and gaslighting. I've been struggling with an array of feelings that I keep ruminating on, so I'm really hoping this exercise will help. Looking forward to having an in person session as well. Thank you immensely for the upload 💙
I too am here after escaping a relationship with a narcissist. He's left me and my life in absolute tatters and I'm not really sure how to rebuild and move on. Hoping this helps me and I hope it has helped you!
Thank you so much for posting this. I'm using this as a supplement to twice a week EMDR with a licensed therapist. I have Complex-PTSD and anxiety due to a bad marriage with a narcissist and abuse as a child; and EMDR is doing tremendous things for me. I use this video to clean up the images that we have been working on in my sessions, I can go back to the memory and focus on any and all images that are still involuntarily popping up in my head. I only watch for about 30 seconds as I concentrate on the image in my head. And I'm only doing about 5 minutes total a couple of times a week. My advice for those that are interested would be to find a therapist that can do EMDR and try a session; and then do some at home. Only in very small increments. Thanks again!
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I've been feeling numb, stuck, nothing dramatic but just.. dead inside. And this seems to actually help, my body started shaking and I feel myself "unfreeze". I feel lighter inside, will definitely come back and do this again and again!
Same here :)
Did you have to think any thoughts while doing it?
How did you do it? Can you elaborate on the process?
Only just found this. I have also had proper EMDR treatment by a therapist for panic attacks, anxiety as a result of childhood trauma. It's the therapy that saved me! I think if I hadn't had it, I might be on prescription drugs or hardly be able to leave the house. But after the treatment I NEVER got another full-blown panic attack and live a happy and stable live. I'm so so grateful I came across my therapist and the method.
thank you so much for not putting ads around this video.. a true gift
Really cant believe I did nearly the whole time. Imagined my problem deep down and felt it then imagined it a different way. Victory over my weight. Cheering as I am an attractive and fit guy with a nice body. Feeling my new clothing on me. Seeing myself in the mirror and loving what I made my body into. I imagined how hot and sweaty I get when I get off the couch. How uncomfortable I am to walk outside cause of bees and people seeing how fat and nasty sweaty I am. How I cant jog or do push ups or any of that cause I will be out of breath and sweaty when I am done with no gains. Then I went back to pushing through and getting stronger lungs and being more tolerant to the heat and sweat. More accepting of the calories being burned. How I can see the neighbors comment on how determined I am. How much progress I made. How the weight just fades so fast. In a matter of months I cut down to the weight I want. I am no longer a giant sweaty hippo of a man. I am healthy and I look good and I feel good.
I can feel the absolute fun of getting that done. The ease of how it will happen.
This shit is weird. Like literally changed my thoughts like that. Weirdest thing is how freeing and calm and comfortable I feel in my neck and shoulders. How light my head feels. I can feel bed as a welcome place right now despite nearly constant insomnia.
I'm was sitting in my truck in the Winn Dixie parking lot deciding if I was going to just dose my anxiety with alcohol or try to dive in and get myself to cry. Then i remembered this video and gave it a shot. I had been holding my breath for days and didn't know why. The memories came up, I felt them, cried some then turned that shit upside down. I saw myself as a child standing up to my mother, empowered and taking my brother across the street to the neighbors and telling them what was going on in our house. On the 3d time through the video I felt my constricted stomach relax and my chest relax into a breathing I barely recognized. My head is still buzzing. I think it's also good for creativity... Stimulate the right side.
AMAZING. Felt bad at first remembering everything, than, my brain started giving me rational responses to my emotional relationship trauma, and I was like "why didn't I thought about this before? "
Same.
I’ve done EMDR therapy for my PTSD but noticed as a “side effect” that it has helped my trypophobia as well. Amazing stuff!!!
Its possibly linked to your ptsd. Omg. Sorry i had to research what trypophobia is and i have that too! I cringe to see small holes abd have ptsd. Thanks for reminding me im gonna work on this...
I have trypohobia i feel you hahah
Wow, this has helped..my cat (whom we adored) was viciously mauled to death this week by our neighbours dog and both my husband and I have been traumatized by it, as the noises he was making were horrific and we didn't get to him in time. We're not sleeping, we're tense because the dog lives next door and we have another cat, so we're hypervigilant around her. It popped into my head to try this, and although I'm not sure I did it correctly, i got a strong sense of calm half way through and i could feel the tension dissipating. I did this in the dark as i didn't want any distractions and i think that helped. I'm going to continue with this and focus on some old traumas..thank you so much to everyone on here, you're incredible people.
sending well wishes to you, I’m so sorry that happened. I would feel the same. I’m just a stranger, so maybe it isn’t my place, but it sounds like you guys both did the absolute best you could to save him and I’m sure he & your other both feel that they were and are so, so lucky to have you as owners❤️ I hope you can continue to find little bits of solace in this time of grief. I wish you both peace, healing, and better night’s rest
This was mind blowing! Thank you SO much for posting. I'll be using this video a lot.
I was attacked by two dogs last year, and I've been doing EMDR with my therapist for the last 9 months. I'd been doing a lot better and actually been able to take my dogs on a walk recently. This morning I had a triggering event (no injury or anything like that) but I got home from the walk and was very panicky and anxious. Still am, but this helps me process and get "off the ledge" so to speak. Thankful I have this video as a backup in between sessions with my therapist.
Incredible. This helped me so much and I feel so different now, it’s 4 days later now. Absolutely amazing
THIS REALLY WORKS! Thanks so much for posting :)
This helps keep me present and sane during flashbacks. Watching it feels like a literal foot in the door with my brain, it keeps my eyes
too busy for my whole mind to direct all its energy towards causing me trouble with crazy shit.
It’s only been a few minutes after and I feel so much better, thank you!!
This is my favorite. Thank you for providing this. It helps so much!
Instant relief and clarity, thank you for posting this ❤
This visual+sound works GREAT after a rough EMDR session. I use it for visualizing my "safe space" imagery, and compartmentalizing the more horrific trauma content.
Thank you for this video and thank you to all who posted comments that gave insight into this method.
After doing a full year of trauma therapy that ended with intensive trauma therapy in a trauma clinic, I started doing EMDR on myself in bed when I had a lof of emotions or felt really unsafe. But when i continued with schematherapy I totally forgot about it, since we were using other techniques to connect with my inner child.
I still struggle every now and again with beeing in "freeze" mode and I get super alert during periods with a lot of anxiety. So after a long time I tried doing EMDR on myself again using the same method I used in therapy, and focused a little more on the inner child work. It immediately helped relax me and let go of some of the unnoticed fear my body was experiencing.
Even after all this therapy I still have a lot of difficulty with recognizing and feeling my feelings. My feelings can only come out when they're overflowing and I completely shut down, so having immediate access to something like this is incredibly helpful. Thank you.
Also if there are any people that know of a helpful support group, I am very much still looking.
I will be doing this everyday, it is a WONDERFUL emdr. I was carrying a heavy load on my mind, now I just real relief.
How have you found it so far?
@@katieviolin3621 Rewarding and Relaxing, it helped me to think more clearly and remove ALL the negativity that had took a toll on me and drained me.
I love this!! Welcome to self care and healing.
Anxiety is one tough monster to kill... you're helping the cause with this video, thanks !
Matías Fagián what kind of anxiety do you have?
Thank you for posting this video. You have changed my life for the better💕💕
This gives me instant relieve, I find it very hard to feel anything while thinking stuff while watching this if that makes any sense.
I don't know it works because of the repetition of the mvt or because of the eye mvt itself but it made me cry like I used to cry during my prayers when I prostrate to God. It makes me feel connected to myself and I feel good in the end. That's great! Thank you for this video!
This one makes me cry too but I end up making a ton of positive statements about myself and then I feel remarkably clear in my spirit/ heart
Thank you for posting this. I have had really good results with the actual light in the counselor's office so this is great that I can do it at home too!!
EMDR is a huge Gamechanger for me I'm having treatment which is Life changing Have tried .any other treatments modalities etc for over 30 years This Hit The So Much !!!!🥰🙏❤️
I am so happy I discovered this. I've felt hopeless with my misophonia for years, and finally I've found something that gives me hope that I'll be able to find more peace in my life.
hey this is a very good video that has helped me get over a lot of my ocds and has really helped me out so keep up the good work
Thank you. I had done this therapy in the past. And now it's nice to have a youtube pocket version. It's extremely helpful and I have felt much better in the last two days
Have had Emdr in 2 sessions and can confirm the positive effect. Especially exciting is that the whole thing with this video actually works 1:1 just as well as in one of these sessions. But you should know the whole process and every step roughly to be successful in my opinion.
Thanks for this video!
I'm doing this every day for a month. A lot has come at me in 2020, as it has for a BUNCH of us. Lots of unfair turns of events, and a lot of loss and new decisions to be made. Taking one event at a time to de-trigger in your mind will go a long way - and I want to get over the mental hurdles of an unfair job loss, financial anxiety, and a mean break-up - so I can get back to work. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
As someone with a very severe Complex trauma i felt oftenly wake up in a bad mood and got tsunami from negative emotions which i dont understand and realize. I cant thank enuff for the emdr video it helps me to understand that i surpressed my emotions and thats what make me sick. Its a pattern that has been conditioned from how my parents invalidate my feelings never let me speak my feeling or express my emotions and a opinion. It caused me to bottle up those emotions and these untold emotions are still there in my brain along with a trauma from years of neglect and abuse they did. I am emotionally damaged and broken inside and i am trying to find those repressed emotions and learn how to deal with it in my adulthood. Thanks its very useful for my teraphy.
You will find your way!
@@Lethargie55 thank u babe im learning to feel again..
Why does it make me so sleepy... like hypnoses.. it calms my mind and makes it impossible to feel anger or sadness... It makes my mind go silent
Same I just did it for the first time, I don't recall ever having hypnosis but they say those who have been hypnotized are more susceptible to it.
Thank you so much for sharing this 😊💖
sweet stuff. But my cat tries to catch the ball. :D
Thats alright, as long as you don't catch the ball.
:D lol needed that!
Hahaha
ha bloody cats are funny that and lazer pen light and cotton
yeah mine too lol
Thank you thank you thank you! Have seen an EMDR therapist but need an occasion tune-up. This video is very well done
Thank You So Much for Posting this EMDR therapy. You are Such a life, Saver.
After hearing about this technique I realized that I tend to play a lot of speed chess. Wich involves in paying attention to both right and left side of the board specially when Im having a sense of deppression, anger, or right after I have a traumatic situation. I didn t realise why did it until I've heard about this tecniche. I play it online and calms me down a lot.
I just want to take a second and sincerely thank you for making this video. It's really helping me and it's the best and most effective emdr video I have found. Thank you!
How did it help u
Brilliant x
I was feeling very tired but curious to try this and I was not prepared for the stress and fear this induced. I will definitely come back and explore this more when I’m ready especially after reading the encouraging comments 🥰
thank you!!!! I'm so happy!!! this help me a lot with my PTSD
This really calmed me down but after a few minutes my eyes were tired. I wish I could do this with an actual therapist, but all the therapists I could find only did cbt.
this really helped with my insomnia, i tried it first with a psychologist and now this is my third time here! thank you so much
thats great to hear. could you possibly explain how you went about this? I have been having insomnia for quite a while now...what emotion did you think of or associate it with when you did the emdr?
WHAT ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL DOES NOT TEACH YOU he probably was targeting peace of mind and true relaxation, let go of all negative thoughts, stress, emotional blockage and insecurities when i mean all i mean ALL even the ones you feel on your inner core, stay in the present moment only and stay blissful friend because we only have 1 life and it is too short to worry
I did it alone for the first time today. I want to say that it made me cry. But unfortunately I failed to access the image/feeling I want, and I didn't want to put pressure on myself, so I just told myself some positive things about me with tears in my eyes
thank you so much for posting this!!
Thank you so much for this video. I have been working on a traumatic series on events that transpired 17 years ago but would not let me go. With this video and sound I did EMDR and suddenly after 17 years my right shoulder that had been stiff as a board, no matter how many treatments and massages I got, suddenly loosened and let go of all the pain and guilt stored in the tissue. It was life changing. The green dot is my new best friend. it would be great to have an 1h video of it if possible.
really happy to hear such impact. Best
that's possible? someone should do a study to see if this is possible, it can revolutionize psychology wtf
@@zitallen3562 Hey Allen, this is already proven that it works, there are many videos on youtube to explain how, and EMDR has been proven to help trauma survivors recover from PTSD. If you want to know moreI highly recommend the book " The body keeps the score" . Hope this helps!
Same I can’t believe how much this helped
How many times have you done this?
I'm addicted to this now.
Thank you so much for this I have a anxiety and ptsd channel I will recommend this
Love the comments here and will be trying that advice. I've also been using this while listening to music I was into as a teen/pre-teen, because my memories from that time are repressed to near amnesia levels. After just one session a handful of random details from middle school managed to pop back into my head, like how I had a brown sweatshirt with thumb holes that I wore to school nearly every day.
I read that this might help even with emotional traumas, going to use it a little. Wish me luck!
Yes, it's absolutely for emotional trauma. Another fantastic and effective tool is EFT which stands for emotional freedom technique. There are a number of great people on YT wgo are teaching EFT, one guy w/ dark hair is Brad. He's fantastic. And like EMDR, you may need to do a few rounds to get to the core issue. Go to where the tapping takes you. It can be a big surprise, and you tap through it, to freedom.
Honestly, I'm not sure if it was EMDR that finally did it, but I haven't been able to properly cry over the HELL I've been through, with the last proper tears that I shed being when I was a young teenager. Last year I suffered a pretty indescribable tragedy and all that did was close my heart up near completely. After doing this I'm going to be honest, I felt 0 fucking difference, so I decided to try again and halfway through the second I began to weep a little, then a few hours later I finally properly broke down somewhat, I feel like I wept the 0.1% of the 99.98% of the shit that I'm still holding onto, but it's a start.
Has it helped you anymore?
Did you think about the trauma while doing it?
Thank you so very much! ♡♡♡
I like this. I saw another ptsd treatment video that included deep breathing before, during and after that might help with calming the mind. So I'll try this with deep breathing.
Hi I saw some controversy on whether or not this is dangerous to do without a therapist. As someone who is in emdr therapy and also uses videos like this, my opinion is that it depends on the severity of the trauma but more importantly how much the trauma has been worked through. Suffering with trauma myself, I tried many things on the internet different types of therapy etc. and emdr therapy has literally changed my life. The lady below is right, this is only one part of emdr therapy and the other parts are equally as important as this so if you are dealing with trauma I suggest seeing a therapist. However I disagree I don't see how this can harm anyone. Trying to deal with big trauma by yourself is a bad idea especially if it's your first time confronting because the nature of trauma is that it is overwhelming and you will likely end up retraumatising yourself if you try and work through it alone or with people who aren't qualified
Sophie Smith I just use this before doctor appointments so the anxiety of shots doesn't get to me
It couldn't get worse, that's why i do this.
🙄we never know what's worse.
@@fortheloveofthewhippetnijm8125 xoxo
youre doing the lords work, in this age where not everyone can afford a proper shrink
This is surprisingly helpful to do in the evening before I go to bed. It actually helps to calm me down.
Wau! I recently read about EMDR and wanted to give it a shot. I was sceptical though. Thinking about the thing I most regret doing in my life. Even though it was barely illegal and even the police, said it wasnt enough to arrest me (they just gave me a warning saying " it wasnt smart, you weren't thinking clearly and we trust you won't do that again"). Due to trauma in my childhood, I've struggles with shame my whole life and which really kicked in when I did this thing a few years ago as an adult. I'm not a criminal and people I've shared this thing with all told me to chill out and forget it. But it was still somewhat stored deep in my mind. EMDR really made it easier for me to think about and forgive myself for. I'll rewatch this as it seems to help.
I do this several times a day. I’m organizing these damn memories damnit! I really like this video for emdr
How are you doing now ? Are you still doing emdr?