Self pleasure after EMDR -TMI AND TW
After two emdr sessions focused on a memory of being groped as a young teen (sessions were a month apart due to circumstances), I think I have lost my urge to look at porn. Is only day 2 but even staying away for 2 days is a big deal for me.
Now the thing is I still want to masturbate multiple times a day, even though my body isn’t fully aroused. I wonder if we need a session targeting masturbation in particular? What would be a distressing memory that my therapist could work on with me? It’s not like the way I discovered masturbation was distressing…
That memory of being groped wasn’t too disturbing to begin with, and I was happy to feel at the end of session 2 some anger, because I’ve been handling my experiences by desensitizing myself to them and objectifying others in the form of cnc fantasies. I’m happy to have the anger because it helps me humanize others.
Posted Mar 14, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC