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When trauma processing intensifies nighttime anxiety

I'm three sessions into EMDR and every night this week I've woken up at 2am in a panic thinking someone is in my house.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Opening old wounds has temporarily heightened your threat detection system before integration can occur.

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“Where Are You with EMDR and trauma processing?”

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