EMDR Therapy Helped Me Uncover Decades of Forgotten Abuse

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Following EMDR therapy yesterday, another memory emerged from the depths. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is a method proven to help trauma move from the primordial brain up to the frontal lobes where meaning can be made and the patient can no longer feel like they’re trapped in a cycle of horror. When trauma occurs, something that the mind and body perceive as imminent death…