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I’m doing EMDR for childhood trauma and I’m noticing something specific that I’m struggling to explain.

During processing, I don’t just feel like I’m reliving the memory. I feel like I’m stuck trying to find the ending of it.

When I was a child, I remember spacing out/dissociating during what happened, and I genuinely don’t remember how it ended or how I even got home. It’s like that part just cuts off.

Now during EMDR, it feels like my brain is looping, trying to “complete” the memory or figure out what happened next, but I can’t get there. It creates this stuck, almost endless feeling.

It’s not exactly that I think I’m in danger now. it’s more like my brain is searching for a resolution that isn’t there.

Has anyone else experienced something like this during EMDR? Is this part of the process, or does it mean I’m getting overwhelmed or need to slow things down?

I’m planning to bring it up with my therapist, but I’d really appreciate hearing if others have gone through something similar.

I work at a college library and share a small workspace with a coworker. He sits directly in front of me with just a cubicle divider between us.

This morning I came in and he had his shoes off… and the smell hit me immediately. Like really strong foot odor the kind where it smells like someone doesn’t wear socks with their shoes or hasn’t cleaned them in a while.

I tried to ignore it at first. I turned on my personal fan and even sprayed perfume on myself to kind of mask it, but it’s still creeping over and it’s honestly making it hard to focus.

He did put his shoes back on, but the smell is still lingering.

I feel super uncomfortable bringing it up because we usually get along fine and I don’t want to come off as rude or embarrassing him. But at the same time… I can’t just sit here breathing this in all day.

I’m thinking about mentioning it to my supervisor when they come in, but I don’t want to seem dramatic either.

Has anyone dealt with something like this? Is it better to

say something directly (and if so, how??)

go through a supervisor?