EMDR How it works

I recently learned about EMDR. It is a very interesting treatment for post tramatic stress disorder. EMDR stands for Eye movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. Here is a link to information on this treatment for trauma; http://www.emdr.com/briefdes.htm

EMDR is found to help desensitize a person to a traumatic event they experienced. There are things that will trigger the traumatic event and the person relives the feelings/emotions. This article helps explain this; http://www.emdr.com/theory.htm

EMDR helps to reprogram your brain and desensitize you to a traumatic event. EMDR can help with issues rangeing from being teased in school as a child or help with Rape victims.

It seems amazing to me that we can actually reprogram our memories to eleviate painful events that cause disfunctions in our lives. Imagine that as a child you are molested, in the childs mind they may believe they are bad or dirty (just an example)that child grows up into an adult and the thought process is still "I am bad", "I am dirty", the effect of this negetive thinking has a huge impact on the quality of life for this person. To be able to retrain your brain from negetive thoughts of yourself to positive is Wonderful. You will have to revisit that little child who was hurt, and give that child the power and strength they deserve. Desensitize yourself to that pain and realize the truth of the traumatic event. What a Wonderful thing, the quality of life for that person would be greatly improved. To be given a chance to live in truth.

I just wanted to share on this topic, because I think it is very interesting. I would love your input on the topic.