Ketamine might help prevent suicide

Re:Ketamine might help prevent suicide by finaliteration on Friday November 30, 2018 @06:14PM (#18573625)

I’m undergoing EMDR for PTSD from childhood trauma. It’s kind of amazing how well it has worked for me, much more so than I had expected (I was skeptical at first). It hasn’t completely wiped the feelings and memories away but they are much easier to cope with and process.

I’ve tried nearly everything - Medication, counseling, support groups. EMDR has been the most effective treatment I’ve found so far.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ketamine might help prevent suicide by meej on Friday November 30, 2018 @09:40PM (#18574733)

I did some sessions of a therapeutic approach similar to EMDR called Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). I too was skeptical, and amazed at how well it worked. When I told a friend about it, he pointed me at the "Memory Hackers" episode of Nova, which isn't about EMDR or ART, but discusses the science of rewriting memories, and helped ease my skepticism about the approach.

[ Parent | on HN ]