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I want to try EMDR but I need to find someone who can adapt it to me since I don't have fine muscle control in my eyes and I used to be blind. (I'm a statistic

by Mezzie 4y ago

I want to try EMDR but I need to find someone who can adapt it to me since I don't have fine muscle control in my eyes and I used to be blind. (I'm a statistical oddity! YAY!)

ornornor 4y ago
> I used to be blind. That’s awesome you aren’t anymore! And also: wait what? It’s possible to reverse blindness?? I’m totally ignorant on the subject but I’d b interested to know more if you care to elaborate.
- Mezzie 4y ago
  Legally blind, not totally blind. I had really bad strabismus plus vision bad enough that it wasn't possible to correct my vision before I had surgery to fix my eye muscles. Since that didn't happen until I was 4, I spent my first 4 years with vision so bad my dominant eye is classified as 'can see movement' and my non-dominant eye is 'can see light'. Then I had surgery and they could correct my vision. I'm not sure why it wasn't done earlier. I have some visual issues related to this early period. I'm terrible with crowding [0], have no depth perception, have trouble with facial feature recognition (I recognize my loved ones based on their auditory cues), rely more on other senses than sight, etc. My life can basically be broken down into periods based on what medical oddity I dealt with, looking back. Yikes. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_crowding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_crowding
  - px43 4y ago
    > I'm not sure why it wasn't done earlier. Giving general anesthesia to babies/toddlers can be tricky, so that might be a key reason. Our two year old recently went under general anesthesia, and luckily things started going wrong early enough that they could abort and back out without doing any serious damage. Scary situation though.
    - Mezzie 4y ago
      That is probably why, yes! I was put under. I'm glad that your child was okay.
froh 4y ago
emdr at its core has bilateral stimulation, can be auditive, kinesthetic too, experienced therapists should be able to adapt it.
- pedalpete 4y ago
  Not even "adapted". Tapping is a common mode of EMDR. The "e" piece is a bit of a misnomer. https://www.getthegloss.com/health/mental-health/tapping-therapy-for-trauma-and-anxiety-how-to-try-it https://www.getthegloss.com/health/mental-health/tapping-the...
  - Mezzie 4y ago
    Thanks for showing me this. Gonna show it to my therapist.

by Mezzie 4y ago

I want to try EMDR but I need to find someone who can adapt it to me since I don't have fine muscle control in my eyes and I used to be blind. (I'm a statistical oddity! YAY!)

ornornor 4y ago

> I used to be blind. That’s awesome you aren’t anymore! And also: wait what? It’s possible to reverse blindness?? I’m totally ignorant on the subject but I’d b interested to know more if you care to elaborate.

Mezzie 4y ago
Legally blind, not totally blind. I had really bad strabismus plus vision bad enough that it wasn't possible to correct my vision before I had surgery to fix my eye muscles. Since that didn't happen until I was 4, I spent my first 4 years with vision so bad my dominant eye is classified as 'can see movement' and my non-dominant eye is 'can see light'. Then I had surgery and they could correct my vision. I'm not sure why it wasn't done earlier. I have some visual issues related to this early period. I'm terrible with crowding [0], have no depth perception, have trouble with facial feature recognition (I recognize my loved ones based on their auditory cues), rely more on other senses than sight, etc. My life can basically be broken down into periods based on what medical oddity I dealt with, looking back. Yikes. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_crowding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_crowding
- px43 4y ago
  > I'm not sure why it wasn't done earlier. Giving general anesthesia to babies/toddlers can be tricky, so that might be a key reason. Our two year old recently went under general anesthesia, and luckily things started going wrong early enough that they could abort and back out without doing any serious damage. Scary situation though.
  - Mezzie 4y ago
    That is probably why, yes! I was put under. I'm glad that your child was okay.

froh 4y ago

emdr at its core has bilateral stimulation, can be auditive, kinesthetic too, experienced therapists should be able to adapt it.

pedalpete 4y ago
Not even "adapted". Tapping is a common mode of EMDR. The "e" piece is a bit of a misnomer. https://www.getthegloss.com/health/mental-health/tapping-therapy-for-trauma-and-anxiety-how-to-try-it https://www.getthegloss.com/health/mental-health/tapping-the...
- Mezzie 4y ago
  Thanks for showing me this. Gonna show it to my therapist.