I just finished my first EDMR session an hour ago to address a series of traumatic experiences in my life.

I’m not sure how I’m feeling about this. My therapist is great and we worked for a month to prepare me and build me up to take this on today. She’s with me every step of the way supporting and guiding, but letting me determine where things take me. An hour later I’m here trying to process what I experienced and I have a mixture of relief and terror (to keep going with this treatment).

My therapist has prepared me that I could experience some really bad after emotions and that I need to be kind with myself. Right now I want to preemptively call out from work tomorrow, but I also don’t want to shut myself away.