Getting Past Your Past

Our task is to recognize when we have thoughts, emotions or physical responses that are destructive, negative or harmful—and then do something about it.

These kinds of problems can occur because childhood is a time when we’re vulnerable. We’re small in a land of giants. We don’t have any power. So even in the best of childhoods, we may have experiences that are stored unprocessed with the emotions, physical sensations and beliefs that we had at the time. These experiences stay “hot” regardless of h

The first step for any of us is to recognize what negative responses we have in the present.

There are generally about 10 to 20 unprocessed memories that are responsible for most of the pain and suffering in most of our lives.

Be defined by “irrational” responses from unprocessed memories or mental health?

This is obvious if you’ve ever awakened in the middle of a nightmare. The nightmare is simply your brain trying to process the information. The images reflect the emotions that are being reactivated. For instance, a woman who was molested as a child may have nightmares that a monster is chasing her. When that memory is dealt with during EMDR sessio

Our brains are constantly making connections that are outside our awareness.

Label the first column “Recent Events” and the second column “

is the disturbing reaction you’re having the most recent example of a long list of similar responses?