I know that it works. But what are the real, physical things that are happening during and after treatment?
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So, I had my first experience with it recently. My therapist had a small device, like the size of a phone. There are two wires hooked up to it. The wires have these oval shaped devices on the end of the wires. You hold one in each hand. When she turns the device on, the oval hand held devices vibrate in one hand, stop, then vibrate in the other hand over and over. The way she explained it is that it mimics rem sleep while your body is processing the events of the day. I sat with these small things in my hands and described a reoccurring nightmare. When I was done, she turned it off and had me create an alternative ending of my dream. Then she turned the machine back on and had me repeat my dream with the new ending. Then I yawned which is apparently a sign that my brain accepted this. I haven’t had the dream since!
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