Today I had what I really consider to be day one of EMDR. EMDR is a type of therapy for trauma. It uses your own eye movements to take the emotional charge out of traumatic moments. I've had two sessions with this therapist, and today we worked on setting targets. Targets are the emotionally upsetting moments of the client's (my) life that EMDR is going to focus on. We start at the beginning and build a timeline of my life staring every upsetting thing that ever happened in my life. I have... a lot. I think most people have several upsetting events, even traumatic. Not everyone can get diagnosed with PTSD. The difference between being diagnosed with a mental disorder and not getting diagnosed comes down to one question: Is it interfering with your life? This is true when it comes to ANY diagnosis really. I've heard lots of people say "I think everyone is a little ADD sometimes." What they probably mean is everyon...