I have attended my first session of emdr trauma therapy/cbt, and the first few sessions are just assessing me and taking a background of my problems. I am having this because of past sexual abuse and i also have mild ocd which my therapist believes my obsessive thoughts are linked to my trauma. I am so scared to try emdr, will it make me worse? Im willing to try anything to get better, iv tried rape counselling which didnt work as i felt talking was too much, and cbt on its own which worked a little bit but the trauma always got in the way of being successful in it.my terapist said i am a complex case an if i dont deal with the trauma i am never going to get better.she scared the life out of me, i feel like i am going to be stuck like this forever, i have intrusive sexual thoughts sometimes that i am ashamed of! I am not sure if my anxiety is just high through only being on escitalopram for 3 weeks?
Hello
You need to give your medication time to work, you should be feeling the benefit in a week or two so stick with it and you will begin to feel more relaxed
Your therapist has suggested EMDR, all I can advise is you give this a chance to work so you can begin to live your life without any bad memories.
Hopefully your CPN will help you and you can also come back on here for any help you may need
Keep a hold
B.
Thank you i think thats all i can do is give it a go! i have had escitalopram before about 2 years ago and didnt have all this anxiety when i started them before, the anxiety came on about 3 weeks into the tablets this time around. Im praying it goes away i also have a ringing in my ears.
Be strong and keep a hold. You can get support here
B.