Second session and unsure about it.

🟢 Question / Help

Hi, I’m someone who recently just started seeing a new therapist after 9 years of seeing the same one. My previous one always spoke about doing EMDR, but we never did because I never felt ready.
I’ve been experiencing debilitating panic attacks lately and needed to make a change which prompted the switch to this new therapist. He pretty much jumped right into an action plan and we found a “safe place,” that I can use. We practiced safe place today and I was using the pulsators in each hand. He had me bring attention to my body and to feel myself relaxing more and more. Unfortunately, doing that made me feel a lot more anxious as I have a lot of trauma around my health. I broke down crying after and I’m just really scared that it can’t be fixed. I have a lot of traumatic experiences that I’d like to be free from but this seems like the first steps and I’m already failing at it.
Is there something I’m doing wrong? What can I do?

Posted Sep 12, 2026, 2:20 AM UTC

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