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Started by identifying a place/memory that was happy or calming and could be accessed if processing something became too intense. (I have not needed this.)
Did the above in front of a computer screen with a dot that bounced from side to side. This proved too distracting for my AuDHD brain. We eventually switched to alternating hand buzzers and eyes closed - this is what *I* work best with. YRMV.
Next went through a session in which I briefly described all the memories I could conjure up that bothered me, and we broke them out by oldest to newest and least traumatic to most.
First session we started with one of the oldest and least traumatic memories. Start the buzzers, close my eyes, "what do you recall/think/feel about that memory?" I think about it for a minute(?) he stops the buzzers, "take a deep breath and exhale, What did you notice?" I relate what went through my head. He picks up on a salient detail and says" I want you to focus on that." Close my eyes, start the buzzers, rinse and repeat. This can go on for a couple of sessions as focusing on a single memory opens up connections to related memories, emotions, and we drill down to the core trauma of that initial and the subsequent memories. The integrated follow up to some of these can be prompting me with "I see what you believe there. What would you like to believe?" And following the path I lay from that point. Eventually we will go back to the original memory and evaluate it on a 7 or 10 point scale for bothersomeness. I will relate if it still bothers me and how, etc., and continue the process from there. I have two memories we've brought, currently, to a 1 or a not at all, but they have all opened up other points to focus on.
The whole process is finding trauma, processing it for its core components and then processing them. It seems almost magical thinking and I am a VERY skeptical consumer of mental health care after 43+ years of engaging with it, but I can tell you that I have been getting benefits from it.
Feel free to respond here or message me directly if you have any other questions or needed clarifications
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