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--++==** dSHFMH has inherent limitations **==++-- | ||
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First of all, and most importantly, dSHFMH may not be able to help you with | ||
anything whatsoever! I have created this application off of concepts that I | ||
had explained to me by a licensed EMDR therapist. I am not attempting to | ||
recreate that experience in any way, simply to find an effective way to | ||
stimulate, in an alternating manner, the person's senses in a way that will | ||
promote reprocessing of events via both hemispheres of the brain. | ||
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Second, it should be noted that, after moving on to another therapist and | ||
engaging in EMDR therapy for PTSD myself, I have received direct warnings from | ||
my licensed professional against engaging in anything similar to EMDR when | ||
alone. Apparently the EMDR training crew advises against this due to the | ||
potential for a person to get 'stuck' in some kind of looping mental state. I | ||
do not know the fundamentals behind this in the slightest, and can make no | ||
guess as to whether or not these are valid concerns, or scare tactics to try | ||
to keep people 'in house' with their sales and marketing. It seems to me | ||
that, based on layperson level research of hypnotic and hypnogogic states, | ||
there is a small potential for people succeptible to such states to have them | ||
activated by this software. Thus, I do not advocate for anybody using this | ||
alone; hell, I don't advocate anybody using this at all, especially on a basis | ||
of personal liability. I'm only putting it up because, in a pinch due to the | ||
understaffing of mental health professionals where I'm at in the world, it | ||
seemed to help me with an issue that could've negatively affected my family in | ||
a profound way, even to the point of homelessness. So if anybody decides to | ||
disregard my warnings regarding this project, I hope it brings you some help, | ||
but understand that you're not doing so with my express permission-- quite the | ||
opposite. I do hope it helps, though. | ||
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Third, and finally, please be aware that this is a wicked rough version of | ||
this code. Basically, nothing works other than the 'light bar' functionality, | ||
due to bugs that I'm currently trying to work out of the code. You can't | ||
change settings, you can't save settings, you can't do anything except for | ||
run the program, at this stage, at which point it will immediately go into a | ||
5-minute session of light bar therapy. If you want a shorter amount of time | ||
for your session, you'll have to set your own timer, if you're inadvisedly | ||
using this program for hemisphere switching. If you want longer, you're going | ||
to have to play with the source code or wait for my updates. Hell, you can't | ||
even pause and restart your sessions at this point; when you pause it, a bug | ||
occurs that will fubar execution of the program. | ||
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Be safe, don't use this. | ||
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