EMDR Releases the emotions and behaviours of events or people whom may of caused shock, upset, disturbance or stress.
Many of our distressing life experiences take place during the course of our childhood and can include hurtful experiences with parents, peers or incidences’. The negative impact on the person’s sense of self takes place since, just as with diagnosed ‘PTSD’ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, “unprocessed memories” are running the show. Listen to this Testimonial…
This materialises because the experience was so distressing that it disrupted the information processing system of the brain. One of the jobs of this system is to take distressing experiences to mental adaptation. So if something occurs to us that are distressing, the processing system “digests” the experience and the proper connections are made, while the responses that are no longer valued — such as the negative self-talk, emotions and physical sensations — are let go.
Yet, if an experience is too distressing, it disturbs the system, it will then cause the memory to be stored with the negative emotions, physical sensations and beliefs. Current experiences must link with the memory networks in our brain to be understood. If there is an untreated memory, the negative emotions and sensations can appear and alter our perception of this current situation. In short, the past is present.
“Since its development, EMDR has been extended to many problems other than PTSD, including phobias, generalized anxiety, paranoid schizophrenia, learning disabilities, eating disorders, substance abuse, and even pathological jealousy (Beere 1992; Marquis 1991; Shapiro 1989b). Moreover Shapiro (1991, p. 135) asserted that “EMDR treatment is equally effective with a variety of ‘dysfunctional’ emotions such as excessive grief, rage, guilt, etc.” Ref*http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/emdr.html