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EMDR Trauma Retreat: Day 2


 Today began at 8am after a quick breakfast. I slept in and it felt great. We talked through my homework. I watched a TedMed talk about ACES found here: https://youtu.be/95ovIJ3dsNk. I also had taken a quiz about my attachment style, which you can take if you're interested: https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/ECR.php.

We then started to tackle some of my traumas from my timeline. The process of EMDR is definitely different from talk therapy and it's pretty neat. I know I haven't written much, but my brain is tired after a nap this afternoon and it's dinner time now. So I'm off to find food before I crawl back in bed. Brain work makes the body tired.  Here's a little video about EMDR:  


Until tomorrow!
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