A couple of years of solid therapy led my therapist to suggest EMDR... A couple of test sessions established that I responded to a vibrating stimulus (hand hel

A couple of years of solid therapy led my therapist to suggest EMDR... A couple of test sessions established that I responded to a vibrating stimulus (hand held paddles) (as opposed to actual eye movement or audio tones) and five distinct sessions over the past few months have made changes in my emotional state and baseline thinking that I would never have believed possible. (Yes, some extreme trauma uncovered and at least partially resolved, that I won't elaborate on here.) I still consciously think the EMDR technique is "magic", as I am otherwise a very staunch hard science person, but I swear by its effectiveness now, and if I feel like I'm experiencing any further emotional blocks or 'knee jerk' reactions, I'll do it again in a heartbeat. Forty years of much of the symptoms in the book, and nearly destroying my 17 year marriage, is easing to an amazing degree, and I feel like I actually have a life now.