Take this as the utmost compliment it is, Jeannine: Yours are the only poems/lyrics that I actually read...that was BEAUTIFUL.....
PTSD is VERY understandable in your sitch, J. Given your propensity for anxiety in general (EGAD another GADer! ), the incredible general stress of the last year (and more), and the traumatic events that took place during the heyday last year...you DO have to be patient.
AND proactive. EMDR has shown great success with some people. The alternate hand tapping is supposed to work on the same principle.
To reprocess the traumatic memories which currently are in a "locked rerun mode" complete with the emotional response of the original incidents.
To actually alter the neural pathways that triggers take in your brain..away from the primitive emotion centres and toward a more normal memory retrieval pattern.
The eye movements and hand tapping are thought to engage both halves of the brain which are not functioning in tandem the way they should when you experience PTSD memories/feelings.
Jeannine, Have you ever read "the Anxiety and Phobia Workbook" by Edmund Bourne? I swear it saved my life.
), the incredible general stress of the last year (and more), and the traumatic events that took place during the heyday last year...you DO have to be patient.
