Georgia Veteran Trauma Project
What are the Benefits of EMDR Therapy?
"The benefits reported following EMDR include but are not limited to the following:
Feeling less troubled by trauma memories and reminders
while awake and in their dreams (PTSD intrusive reexperiencing symptoms)
Feeling able to cope with trauma memories and reminders without
simply trying to avoid troubling thoughts, conversations, people, activities, or places (PTSD avoidance symptoms)
Feeling more able
to enjoy pleasurable activities and to be emotionally involved in relationships, as well as feeling that there is a future to look
forward to (PTSD numbing and detachment symptoms)
Feeling less tense, stressed, irritable or angry, easily startled, and on-guard,
and more able to sleep restfully, concentrate on activities, and deal with pressure and conflict (PTSD hyperarousal/hypervigilance
symptoms)
Feeling less anxious, worried, fearful or phobic, and prone to panic attacks
Feeling less depressed (down and blue, hopeless,
worthless, emotionally drained, or suicidal)
Feeling an increased sense of self-esteem and self-confidence"
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