I've been in weekly EMDR for the past 8 months. It was tough for the first 2 months then I was more comfortable and have made a tonne of progress. I've never felt better about myself and the situations, which is great.

In the past 2 months, though, I'm struggling with the amount of emotional energy EMDR drains from me. I mentioned to my therapist I want to do sessions every other week, she said that wouldn't be possible as EMDR doesn't work like that.

I feel impatient and frustrated during sessions. I'm at 90% completion with the 3 memories, I wanted to reprocess, but now I just feel like accepting that as it is and maybe going back to regular therapy in the new year.

I only feel vague discomfort when thinking of my memories now. I'm still having angry intrusive thoughts on a semi regular basis, worse during PMS. Again, I'm thinking I can just accept this as natural, but my therapist is saying I have avoidant and disassociative tendencies. She says I need to keep going back to reprocess, even the previously closed memories, whenever I'm even a tiny bit triggered.

I'll share my feelings with my therapist in our session next week but just curious to hear people's thoughts on this? Have you been in this place and continued? Or did you leave when you felt like it was time to leave? How did that go for you?