Posted by Happyflower on April 22, 2007, at 7:37:32
In reply to Re: question about PTSD vrs. spliting *maybe trigger » Happyflower, posted by Daisym on April 22, 2007, at 0:47:03
Hi Daisy,
Thanks for the wonderful response, It seems like I am on the right track anyways.
The only thing I might want to add about PTSD, which I do know more about because I experienced it myself, and the many talks to my T about it, he is specialized in this area.
I guess the reason we keep having the flashback is because that during a tramatic event our brain freezes and stops processing the event all the way through to resolution. This is why we have the flashbacks over and over again.
With EMDR, it sort of unlocks the memory and cognitively with the help of a T , we finish the processing that was stuck due to the tramatic event. Which allows the memory to be less powerful because it is fully processed into resolution instead of being stuck in the "frozen terror state".
I find this stuff facinating and I will be sure to look up Bruce Perry's work. Thanks Daisy for taking the time to respond and read through my long post. ;-)
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