Reprocessing the Naked City Shooting: An EMDR Update Post
After last week's change of plans, Lori and I finally found the time to have my first EMDR reprocessing session. We had to switch to a virtual session last time and I didn't want to do any reprocessing from home, just in case it flipped me out. Lori didn't want to have a virtual session for EMDR, either, so there was no disagreement there. Of course, there is never disagreement between Lori and me. I trust her implicitly and for good reason. My reprocessing appointment was on Monday, and today is Wednesday. When you have a reprocessing session, it "opens you up" and your brain continues to reprocess the trauma for the next 48 hours. I have known this for quite some time as Lori has educated me about the process of EMDR, at least as much as she can without doing the actual therapy. Most of it is easier to understand when you are going through it rather than when you are just learning about it. Lori knows that I get anxiety quite easily, so ...