▲ 1560 ▼ We're monsters (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [M] to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) We can kinda do that. There are therapies that target trauma and recontextualize them. Look up EMDR, it's really cool stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] solstice@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago There is debate about how the therapy works and whether it is more effective than other established treatments.[1][5] The eye movements have been criticized as having no scientific basis.[6] The founder promoted the therapy for the treatment of PTSD, and proponents employed untestable hypotheses to explain negative results in controlled studies.[7] EMDR has been characterized as a pseudoscientific purple hat therapy (i.e., only as effective as its underlying therapeutic methods without any contribution from its distinctive add-ons).[8] I read about that fifteen years ago and dismissed it as pseudoscience. Wikipedia confirms. Pass (thanks though, don't mean to be rude) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] solstice@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago There is debate about how the therapy works and whether it is more effective than other established treatments.[1][5] The eye movements have been criticized as having no scientific basis.[6] The founder promoted the therapy for the treatment of PTSD, and proponents employed untestable hypotheses to explain negative results in controlled studies.[7] EMDR has been characterized as a pseudoscientific purple hat therapy (i.e., only as effective as its underlying therapeutic methods without any contribution from its distinctive add-ons).[8] I read about that fifteen years ago and dismissed it as pseudoscience. Wikipedia confirms. Pass (thanks though, don't mean to be rude) permalink fedilink source parent
