Bad experiences or trauma

Life is not always a walk in the park...  Many psychological symptoms, often anxiety and depression and physical reactions are caused by (memories of) events that are not well processed. Sometimes the connection between the symptoms and the unpleasant experiences is immediately clear. Symptoms can arise immediately after a bad experience such as: a failure experience (think of an exam, a presentation, an internship or thesis), a break in relationships, a death, an accident, an unpleasant medical (or dental) intervention, a traumatic birth, a very offensive remark, a scary experience with an animal, a fire etc. But it is also possible that you are no longer aware of when and why your complaints started. When I meet you I will always look for the genesis of your psychological issues and problems.

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       I, someone with a slight aversion for psychologists, suffered a lot from my sister's mental health issues . I was very worried, had bad dreams and my schoolwork suffered and eventually came to a halt. After an intake Marjan advised me to do EMDR to give the bad dreams a place. Somewhat skeptically I started. During such a session you revisit that bad dream and treat it by following a light and thereby reducing the bad feeling. My thoughts went in all directions: from my family to a piece of music and back to the dream. After a session you are exhausted but the bad feeling accompanying the images is gone. I am very happy that I did this and learned a lot during those sessions. This way I can now deal with it better and I give myself time to process difficult things. Marjan was a nice psychologist who really took away my doubts and prejudices about psychologists, thank you!