EMDR, In Their Own Words

A few people who’ve spoken publicly about their own experience of EMDR. I don’t intend you watch all of these, instead pick whichever one or two sound most like the perspective you’re interested in. These are personal opinions based on individual experiences of EMDR, and some of the videos include swearing.


Jameela Jamil: EMDR “the most profound medical discovery of our generation”

Talks about using EMDR to work through her relationship with food, and a fear of the dark that went back to childhood abuse (which she does not talk about other to mention it cause her fear of the dark). She states: “it saved my life” and “it takes the worst thing that happened to you and makes it mundane”.

Prince Harry

Filmed in an EMDR session as part of his documentary, working through panic and anxiety connected to grief and public life.

Yannis Pappas, on The Joe Rogan Experience

Comedian Yannis Pappas talks to Joe Rogan about using EMDR for panic attacks and early trauma that resurfaced after becoming a parent. Contains some references to childhood abuse.

Sandra Bullock

Talks about using EMDR after a frightening home invasion left her struggling with fear and hypervigilance.

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