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View submission: Monthly Progress Thread - November '24
I've been doing TRE for almost 2 months and EMDR for 6 months - so I'm pacing mixed modalities.
I feel like things are loosening things up more rapidly since introducing TRE and am tempted to convert completely sometimes, but at this stage have just slowed the pace of EMDR. On nights I do TRE I'm able to fall asleep without flashbacks and intrusive thoughts keeping me up most of the night and I am dreaming about some of my trauma - while that part isn't pleasant, my gut feel is that I'm getting to a place where I am actually able to process it.
I'm still playing around with tremor time, but I've taken to shaking easily and it moves up my body when it needs to. I find that 15 min equals a decent release and then I take 5 days for integration. I wouldn't mind more regular sessions, if at a shorter time (for the sleeping benefits) - but if I do 10 min the release feels incomplete e.g. I feel like I need to cry but can't, I feel angry but I'm not sure it's coming to the surface. I'm not sure if I've gotten used to big releases with EMDR so neither of these tremor times feel as dysregulating as that.
For integration, I walk in nature almost daily and find that clearing my chakras (listening to Tibetan sound bowls) helps to dispel the energy brought up more easily. There was a period before clearing my chakras where I would be swearing at everyone I passed under my breath because I was just so ANGRY at everyone. A nice peek at coming out of freeze but also not great lol.
I tried Wim Hoff after reading last months progress update, but found that just made me anxious. I've also started playing around with fascia unwinding (not with tremors yet) and it helped release an achy body from food reactions symptoms. So I'll continue with that.
Thanks for this amazing community. This is a really supportive and thoughtful sub.
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