Florida is such a stressful place for me that even the thought of living there induces panic attacks. Literally.
“How do you know you are female?”
What do you say when asked "How do you know/what specifically makes you feel you are male/female?"
EMDR – Part 3: What did I learn?
My EMDR sessions often lead to me having epiphanies about myself. This post gets into some of the epiphanies I had as a result of my first session (dealing with a painful memory).
EMDR – Part 2: The first painful memory
When we left off, I had completed my first session with EMDR, and had one revelation on my way home from the appointment. I was still a little skeptical, but still open to trying more.
EMDR – Part 1: What is EMDR? What is it like?
EMDR is a psychotherapy to reprocessย a painful memory while your brain is simultaneously bilaterally stimulated. ย It's a fancy way of saying that you return to a memory while something (minimally distracting) is working to make sure both the right and left hemispheres of your brain are engaged. Here's my experience with my first session.