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When trauma therapy initially increases symptoms

I've been doing EMDR for six weeks and my panic attacks are worse than ever and I don't know if I should quit or keep going.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The therapeutic process is stirring up material faster than your system can integrate it, creating temporary intensification.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with EMDR and trauma processing?”

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