EMDR?

[Blueberry]

I have noticed recently that some of the dissociative walls I had have possibly dissolved and the consequence of that is that I 'feel' things more, and sometimes that's not a nice feeling - but I'm leaning into that - and exploring how those feelings are.

My initial reaction here is        Yay for you Hope! Dissolving dissociative walls - wow! I'm sorry you're feeling more tho. I'm not big into feeling non-nice things either... But you're leaning into that and exploring and I suppose getting better at sitting with those feelings? 

[Hope67]

Thanks Blueberry 

[sanmagic7]

have you had your first appt. yet, saluki?  hope it went well.  love and hugs

[Saluki]

Thank you Blueberry, that's very helpful stuff and thanks for the love and hugs SanMagic. I very much appreciate you and all of you 

I thought it was my first therapy appointment but it was actually part of the assessment process, with a therapist who talked with me about what type of therapist I needed, how long-term (ongoing or a set period) what kind of level of experience and speciality I would need them to have etc so on my next appointment I'll be meeting my assigned therapist for the first time. So I'm going to talk to them about trying EMDR and I'm thinking after reading all of your posts that it's something I can work towards rather than deciding to try it straight away.
I'm feeling unusually hopeful because the therapist I spoke to explained how they aren't going to go faster than I can cope with, so it'll be at my pace and also she mentioned that it can take a while to know whether the therapist is the right person to be working with me, to build up a rapport, if that's the right word. So let's see how it goes.

[sanmagic7]

i think rapport is a very good word for this, saluki.  i like what was told to you.  hope it goes smoothly, and best to you with all of it.  love and hugs

[Saluki]

Thank you