Traumatic attachment: why I'm afraid of love
Fear of abandonment, urge to flee in a relationship? Discover how post-traumatic stress and insecure attachment shape your romantic relationships.
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These articles explain how EMDR works, its main stages and the role it may play in psychological support. They provide general information and do not replace an individual assessment.
6 articles in this selection.
Fear of abandonment, urge to flee in a relationship? Discover how post-traumatic stress and insecure attachment shape your romantic relationships.
~ Read articlePost-traumatic stress keeps the body and mind on high alert. Discover how EMDR therapy helps reprocess traumatic memories and restore a sense of safety.
~ Read articleFor a long time, I believed that happiness required effort. That one had to work on oneself, transform oneself, almost repair oneself, to access a more stable, more continuous inner state of peace. Behind this lay a silent but deeply rooted belief: peace would not be our natural state, but something to achieve, to build, to deserve… at the cost of demanding work.
~ Read articleEMDR deeply respects the brain's natural functioning. It imposes nothing. It does not force memories. It does not erase history. It does not take control. Contrary to certain misconceptions, EMDR is not a « magic » technique that makes trauma disappear. It is a natural neuropsychological process that sets the brain's innate information-processing mechanisms back in motion.
~ Read articleEMDR therapy (the EMDR method) helps reprocess psychological trauma. Discover how an EMDR psychologist can support you, including online.
~ Read articleMemory is a complex mechanism that shapes our understanding of the world and influences our behaviour.
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