Alan Ritchson described using EMDR therapy — with vibrating pulses in each hand to keep both brain hemispheres online — as a breakthrough method for processing childhood trauma without shutting down.
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Moving from ADHD into deeper diagnostic territory, Alan discloses he was recently diagnosed with CPTSD — Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. He explains what he has learned from psychiatrists: that single-event PTSD is significantly easier to treat than the kind caused by repeated childhood trauma, especially when it occurs without secure attachments [1] — Alan Ritchson "EMDR bilateral stimulation: Alan Ritchson described using EMDR therapy — with vibrating pulses in each hand to keep both brain hemispheres …" 08:15 . CPTSD, he says, is chronic small-t trauma compounding over time under conditions like narcissistic or abusive adults at home. He then describes EMDR therapy, where vibrating handles in each hand keep both brain hemispheres online during trauma reprocessing, preventing the shutdown mode that makes talk therapy so difficult. His therapist interrupted a session mid-way to tell him what he was describing wasn't 'little t' — it was big T trauma, and he had been absorbing blame for it as a victim often does.
Alan Ritchson explains EMDR therapy in plain terms: vibrating handles keep both brain hemispheres online so you don't shut down during talk therapy about trauma. You rebuild the event, create a new narrative around it, and re-experience it differently. His therapist stopped him mid-session to say what he was describing wasn't 'little t' trauma — it was 'big T.'
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