Tag: emdr
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The Paper Birds Official Trailer Is Here!
Crossing the Finish Line At long last, the official trailer for Paper Birds is here! I want to start by giving a huge thanks to Jordan Graff, my editor, for putting this together. As you may know, this thing has been nearly half a decade in the making, and that’s if you don’t count its origin in…
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It’s Been Awhile: Vlog 26
Yapping Into The Void Back with a vlog…it’s been awhile! Wanted to share some candid thoughts after watching the cut of Paper Birds for my editor, and touch on how I feel approaching the 5th anniversary of my first flashback on August 29th, 2020. If anyone would like to see the current cut of the…
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Standing In the Clearing: Life After Healing Trauma
A couple months, ago my nieces and I built a little fort in the brush behind my house, or started to, rather. I spent a lot of time in the woods growing up—and still do, though the trail in my neighborhood was ruined by a storm about a year ago. This was one of my…
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Reflections While Beginning Treatment for ADHD
Shame, Vyvanse & Doodles, Oh My! A drawing I did depicting how my brain felt before EMDR, how it felt/feels ‘after’ two years of EMDR, and how it feels on Vyvanse, a type of ADHD medication. Might do a few posts related to this since it’s intertwined with the journey of Paper Birds. For now, a general update: I…
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EMDR Exercise
An activity to help you look a little more into what you believe about yourself, the world and why EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) is an eight step process. However, the time spent in each of those eight steps is subject to change. Recently, I told my therapists that I felt ready to move on…
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Vlog 15: The PhysicAl Effects of EMDR
I address a couple things in this vlog, but the biggest one is talking about the physical effects of EMDR. This has to be one of the wildest things I’ve experienced! Many people going through EMDR note that after sessions, they see a physical and emotional impact, something that’s been dubbed an “EMDR hangover” in…
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A Piece of prose about living with ptsd in your early 20’s: “I’ve Never Been to Iceland”
Context Hey guys! Bit of a depressing prose I wrote last night but I wanted to share (trigger warning for mention of sexual assault). For a really long time I’ve wondered how to capture what life with PTSD is like, more specifically, how it feels to navigate in your 20s. Spoiler alert: it’s kind of…
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