Nothing Can Destroy Who You Are

[snattydread]

I never thought about "publishing" my experience but after listening to a particular NDE on Anthony Chene's YouTube channel I felt I should. The words rang true...

I'd like to state in advance that I was baptised Anglo Catholic and attended a Roman Catholic Convent high school. But I would not describe myself as religious. At the time of this experience I was studying A Course in Miracles.

About 15 years ago I was undergoing therapy for past trauma regarding violence from my ex-husband. My therapist wanted to employ a technique whereby one replayed the most painful experience over and over and over in your mind and each time you replayed it you would tell her where you "felt" discomfort in your body. I believe this is called EMDR psychotherapy. The eventual goal being that the client can bring up the original target without feeling any body tension.

So in this therapy session, I replayed an event that involved my ex-husband knocking me to the ground. Over and over and over it was replayed in my mind and each time the discomfort moved higher up in my upper body i.e. from my lower belly upwards.

Until I had this "image" override...

I saw myself being knocked to the ground yet again but this time another image was superimposed upon it. It was Jesus carrying the cross and wearing his crown of thorns. He looked beaten and bloody and this voice reverberated in my head

"Nothing can destroy who you are".

And I knew I was meant to understand that I was a Child of God and nothing could ever destroy/change that.

I broke down completely in the therapist's office. Sobbing tears of joy. Trying to explain to her what had happened I saw
the pity in her eyes for my "delusions". I quickly recovered myself and thanked her for freeing me from my past and that I
no longer needed therapy.

This memory is just like it happened yesterday for me....

[Giulia]

Dear Snattydread

Thank you so much for sharing this touching and comforting experience, and welcome to the forum.

Going through the pain you have experienced must have been a horrible challenge and the beautiful, mind blowing experience of meeting Jesus and being reassured that nothing can destroy who you are leaves me literally speechless.

I hope you will continue to take part in the forum and share your precious ideas, feelings and thoughts with other members, especially if they haven’t had a chance to get such a deep and liberating experience yet.

Thanks for being here

[Giulia]

I was so excited to read about EMDR that I have got un touch with a local psychotherapist specializing in EMDR to try and solve my life-long problems arising from an earthquake I experienced in 1980.

[Zen Tzu]

A warm welcome to you Snattydread! Thank you for sharing your experience.

[snattydread]

Thank you Giulia for the welcome!

I just want to clarify that I did not meet Jesus lol.

Kind regards
Snattydread

Dear Snattydread

Thank you so much for sharing this touching and comforting experience, and welcome to the forum.

Going through the pain you have experienced must have been a horrible challenge and the beautiful, mind blowing experience of meeting Jesus and being reassured that nothing can destroy who you are leaves me literally speechless.

I hope you will continue to take part in the forum and share your precious ideas, feelings and thoughts with other members, especially if they haven’t had a chance to get such a deep and liberating experience yet.

Thanks for being here