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When the nervous system shuts down during trauma work

I'm supposed to do EMDR homework between sessions but every time I try to practice the bilateral stimulation I fall asleep.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your system's protective response to activation is complete withdrawal, making engagement with healing feel impossible.

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“Where Are You with EMDR and trauma processing?”

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