[Patrycia-Rose]

Sorry Winter, I missed your earlier post.

I still get the emotional flashbacks but I only get a couple an hour now and they dissapate relatively quickly. Which for me is a lot of progress. Currently doing a combination of EMDR and Neurofeedback. The EMDR helps to raise and clear issues and the Neuro reprograms the brain to settle into more peaceful states in general. I also notice times when I can be suprisingly clear and decisive and I know that the Neuro is helping with that.

I think the neurofeedback is the same thing as bio-feedback? I looked into that a year or so ago but didn't take it much further. I do still wonder whether it might be work but I'm really at the point where I don't think anything will. It's like I've got to come up with the solution myself.

It is very hard to work on these things alone Patrycia-Rose

In many ways, I like doing EFT and TAT, just because I can do it on my own, and has the added bonus of not costing anything! I'm hugely introverted and so talking, beyond a brief description to practitioners of what I'm trying to heal, doesn't really appeal to me.

EFT has been a life saver for me. I feel so different now, after having had years of anger, where I got so enraged on a couple of occasions, I wrecked a room or two!! The anger isn't there anymore. In fact in some ways I feel very remote, distant from the trauma. I have no real feelings about it, it happened a long time ago, but the physical just won't seem to budge.

Also I got a device called a tapper that works like EMDR, it is called bi-lateral stimulation. You hold a device in each hand that vibrates like a cell phone. It alternates back and forth between the hands. It is good to create a safe space to calm down when you are in a bad space. My therapist has me use them during the sessions which is how I found out about them. When I use them on my own I just lie down and relax and it helps me to calm down.

That sounds really interesting. Is such a thing available on amazon?

We've tried most everything under the sun.

I know that feeling well, it's almost like I'm working my way through the alphabet of healing methods. It would be funny if it wasn't so damn true!

The other thing that is very important after you tap is to use some integration statement when you are finished. The one I use is "All of these changes integrate easily, I am safe".

I remember those additional statements and have done that. I also use the gamut procedure. I also want to try the tearless trauma technique which is another EFT technique.

Sound recordings can help a lot too. I've used both binaural and monaural stimulation recordings from various sources. I really love the Kelly Howell recordings. Though those would only take me so far and at some point I really needed some one-one-one therapy with EMDR and the Neuro to get things together.

I've got several binaural beat CDs which I like to relax to.

For physical issues I use Tong Ren therapy. It is a form of non-physical energy work based on acupuncture.

That's a new one, not heard of that before.


I think my next move is to wait a few months until I get the energy and motivation to have yet another go - and try acupuncture (again).

Thanks for the insight and best of luck on your continued healing journey.

Patrycia.