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A Twofer! (Trauma Therapy & SSRIs) (Patreon)

Published:
2025-06-27 21:19:48
Imported:
2026-11

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Dear Patrons and Readers,

First of all if I can include a fart joke I'm including a fart joke. I won't be putting these out online until next week because I'm wore out for today! DONE.

The Trauma work I'm doing has been pretty exhausting and I'm constantly forgetting what a strain it is on my sense of balance, my motivation, my peace. I keep wondering what the hell is going on, and then I remember I'm doing something very difficult.

On the plus side—part of why I keep forgetting—is I'm not as emotionally devastated as I once was and I'd be lying if I didn't credit some of that to the anti-depressants I've been taking. I don't appreciate sounding cliche, but I'm one of those people who didn't want to take medication at all ever again. And now? I'm just kind of shocked at what life is like on the other side.

Simply put? I'm no longer experiencing sudden waves of overwhelming sadness that take me out of commission for days/weeks at a time. It was a frequent occurrence and I had simply accepted that was how my mind worked. Period!

And? It's just not like that anymore? It's honestly strange to be operating from a position of stability.

Anyhoo! I've typed enough! Thanks for reading!

-J

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Revel Bikil and Alixe

What wonderful things to hear! I'm glad it's going as well as a thing like that can. I'm doing EMDR right now and always feel like I have a hangover or flu for a couple days after, but it's getting better! Hugs to us both in our endeavors 💜

Veronica VanCleave-Seeley

Antidepressants, you're feeling good today! I'm glad your SSRI's are kicking in and you can see it wasn't so scary as it sounded. I just explained it to my husband, "depression is like drowning in an ocean, and SSRI's are a life boat. Once you're in the lifeboat you look out at the ocean and you think, wait I was drowning in that?" It's such a surreal experience. Even more surreal is when faced with major life changes (just got laid off) and I'm not all in my emotions about it, for once I'm like "alright what to do next".

J

My partner LOVED EMDR. I really want to try it, I know it's not easy. If it's not too bold a question, how's it going for you? What's your experience thus far?

J

You are so right. It's absolutely surreal to have the blinders removed and suddenly you're taking in so much more than you were before. I think the hardest life change is living under a fascist and not having the media reflect any of the challenges/resistance/protests that are being fought against him (every day tho!) My therapist has to constantly remind me that it's a major weight everyone is feeling—that it's not normal—and trying to live normally is especially difficult right now. FOOF.

Revel Bikil and Alixe

I didn't mind sharing at all! So I'm past the first part where you basically give a table of contents of the traumas you want to work on, and I've done the little training sessions where you learn how to do the EMDR with good memories to practice. Now I'm about to start the actual doing EMDR with the trauma memories and I'm super ready and feeling good about it. The trauma table of contents was really hard and took a couple months to do (thanks to many traumas, heh) but I have a lot of tools and strategies that have helped me get to this point, including the spaces I've created in my mind using the practice. I'll keep you posted on it!

J

It worked really well for my partner, she reported big (positive) changes occurring faster and stronger than previous/other therapy practices. I got to see it from the outside and can concur. Not to be spilling her business or anything, but I know she wouldn't mind. Did I mention I really want to try it for myself lol

Revel Bikil and Alixe

I've been thinking that with all the fabulous work you're doing that EMDR might be good too! Then we can all be in the EMDR club! :D