Has anyone had success with EMDR for CPTSD?
I have struggled with anxiety and depression for a long, long time now. Tried various therapies including CBT, talk therapy, IFS. My previous therapist suggested I had CPTSD and that I need specific trauma therapy. I have just been offered EMDR through the NHS but am concerned this won't be effective for me for a few reasons.
I don't experience visual flashbacks, mine are emotional but not attached to a memory so how will I know which memories to target?
She said we will begin looking at a timeline of events from my life, but I only have a few traumatic memories that I remember specifically. So I wouldnt know how to do this. There were multiple experiences throughout my childhood that will have contributed to how I'm feeling but I couldn't name them all.
When I do think of these traumatic memories I feel absolutely nothing. There is some shame there, but I don't feel the fear that I know I did at the time.
Has anyone else had success doing EMDR for CPTSD and had any of the barriers I'm worried about above?
Also, has anyone done this while taking antidepressants? I'm worried that if I take meds then it will numb my emotions making this therapy not as effective?