Caroline Crampton

Definitely, yes. Some of the therapy I've done has been very specifically about that procedure, actually. The larger question of, oh, this might affect your fertility, I don't even really remember registering with me very hard at the time. I was 17 and the idea of having children felt very remote to me. I was still technically a child myself, according to the health service.

You know, I was in children's wards and so on because I was under the age of 18. So it felt like a very remote possibility and like just another possibility

You know, I was in children's wards and so on because I was under the age of 18. So it felt like a very remote possibility and like just another possibility

You know, I was in children's wards and so on because I was under the age of 18. So it felt like a very remote possibility and like just another possibility

medical hoop to jump through but the actual procedure I really found very unpleasant and all of the self-injecting and so on you have to do in the run-up to it and it was also quite an interesting and bizarre experience to be in fertility clinics at that age and for that reason when everyone else in the waiting room is there because they're trying to have a child and then here's this 17 year old what on earth is she doing here um it was it was very strange but um

medical hoop to jump through but the actual procedure I really found very unpleasant and all of the self-injecting and so on you have to do in the run-up to it and it was also quite an interesting and bizarre experience to be in fertility clinics at that age and for that reason when everyone else in the waiting room is there because they're trying to have a child and then here's this 17 year old what on earth is she doing here um it was it was very strange but um

medical hoop to jump through but the actual procedure I really found very unpleasant and all of the self-injecting and so on you have to do in the run-up to it and it was also quite an interesting and bizarre experience to be in fertility clinics at that age and for that reason when everyone else in the waiting room is there because they're trying to have a child and then here's this 17 year old what on earth is she doing here um it was it was very strange but um

It was interesting nonetheless. And actually, it has equipped me quite well when I've had, you know, now that I'm in my late 30s, when I've had friends who've gone through IVF for the reasons of wanting to have a child. I've done it in a bizarre kind of way. I can support from a place of genuine experience.

It was interesting nonetheless. And actually, it has equipped me quite well when I've had, you know, now that I'm in my late 30s, when I've had friends who've gone through IVF for the reasons of wanting to have a child. I've done it in a bizarre kind of way. I can support from a place of genuine experience.

It was interesting nonetheless. And actually, it has equipped me quite well when I've had, you know, now that I'm in my late 30s, when I've had friends who've gone through IVF for the reasons of wanting to have a child. I've done it in a bizarre kind of way. I can support from a place of genuine experience.

Yes. So it's a combination of a talking therapy and a physical process that is intended to help traumas that you're still experiencing in the present moment, even though they happened a long time ago. You're still experiencing the psychological effects of them in the present.

Yes. So it's a combination of a talking therapy and a physical process that is intended to help traumas that you're still experiencing in the present moment, even though they happened a long time ago. You're still experiencing the psychological effects of them in the present.

Yes. So it's a combination of a talking therapy and a physical process that is intended to help traumas that you're still experiencing in the present moment, even though they happened a long time ago. You're still experiencing the psychological effects of them in the present.

It's to help move those into the past, help them become memories rather than things that are affecting you every single day. So the form it takes is that you... take part in some kind of what they call bilateral stimulation. So the most common version is the eye movement, where my therapist used an LED light bar on a stand in front of me with a light that moved from side to side.

It's to help move those into the past, help them become memories rather than things that are affecting you every single day. So the form it takes is that you... take part in some kind of what they call bilateral stimulation. So the most common version is the eye movement, where my therapist used an LED light bar on a stand in front of me with a light that moved from side to side.

It's to help move those into the past, help them become memories rather than things that are affecting you every single day. So the form it takes is that you... take part in some kind of what they call bilateral stimulation. So the most common version is the eye movement, where my therapist used an LED light bar on a stand in front of me with a light that moved from side to side.

And you follow this with your eyes, keeping your head still so that your eyes are going from one extreme side to the other. And while you're doing that movement, the therapist is, based on previous extensive work you've done, asking you questions about the trauma that you're trying to process.

And you follow this with your eyes, keeping your head still so that your eyes are going from one extreme side to the other. And while you're doing that movement, the therapist is, based on previous extensive work you've done, asking you questions about the trauma that you're trying to process.

And you follow this with your eyes, keeping your head still so that your eyes are going from one extreme side to the other. And while you're doing that movement, the therapist is, based on previous extensive work you've done, asking you questions about the trauma that you're trying to process.

and they'll ask the question you'll do the eye movement and then you just say whatever comes into your brain after the i think 20 second period of doing the eye movement they can also do it by tapping on alternate sides of your chest the idea is just that side to side movement is what's required and you keep doing this for as long as it takes for the memory to stop feeling like it's happening to you in the present anymore