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Old 03-23-2011, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by emp919 View Post
Some of the therapy that has helped me the most has been of the variety that bypasses the conscious or logical thought, because I guess my subconscious has created a lot of protective barriers around things that were too traumatic; these things drive me in some ways, and the only way to access what I cannot remember is to do alternative therapies (EMDR is one example; there are others.)

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Yeah, I'm still processing a lot of abuse that happened when I was a teen and in my early twenties, and EMDR has been one of the things that really, really helped me get past it. I'm glad to hear others have heard of and used it successfully!
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