EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, a powerful psychotherapy approach.
In the EMDR technique, it is among the goals that the individual becomes desensitized to the disturbing negative experiences and that these experiences are reprocessed, and that the individual gains more positive impressions in the face of the experiences.
According to EMDR, these types of memories that are maladaptive, dysfunctional, unprocessed and stored in isolation lie behind the disturbances, negative emotions, thoughts, behaviors, and personality traits. Negative beliefs about oneself (eg: I am stupid), negative emotional reactions (fear of failing), and negative somatic reactions (abdominal pain the night before the exam) are not the problem itself, but its symptoms, its present manifestations. The unprocessed memories that lead to these negative beliefs and emotions are triggered by events in the present.
