[eponai]

What I meant by ongoing is that it is not one specific event like being hit by a car that you can point to...but something that happens over a long period of time. It's why I never pursued EMDR as a therapy. I cannot put one traumatic thing in my mind's eye, rather my entire childhood was trauma.

[taurath]

One of the traits of CPTSD is specifically memory loss/suppression around the traumatic memories. EMDR for me is specifically helpful for surfacing those memories - its not exclusively used for single traumatic events! Also, IFS therapy is another methodology that has helped me make sense of sometimes contradictory emotional needs due to unmet needs in childhood.