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Why some people dissociate during EMDR therapy

During EMDR I keep dissociating so hard that I can't remember anything we worked on and my therapist says we might need to try something else.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your protective mechanisms are so strong they're interfering with the very process meant to help you integrate fragmented experiences.

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