My therapist recommended it to me once, saying she knew a colleague nearby who was an expert in the field. But because its effectiveness is controversial from what you read online, I decided not to pursue it. I also didn't feel like telling yet another person about my innermost emotional damage. So I stayed with my therapist, and we were able to sort me out with standard CBT.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_desensitization_and_reprocessing
According to wikipedia, "Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy in which the person being treated is asked to recall distressing images; the therapist then directs the patient in one type of bilateral stimulation, such as side-to-side eye rapid movement or hand tapping.

The treatment apparently works by an unknown process, but the theories are pretty interesting.

The idea recalls to mind how common it is for modern websites to use a left-right image-text scrolling format which requires rapid eye movements to follow. Perhaps there's a hypnotic quality?

>>31101
>The idea recalls to mind how common it is for modern websites to use a left-right image-text scrolling format which requires rapid eye movements to follow. Perhaps there's a hypnotic quality?

It might also be that web and app designers are stumbling upon something hypnotic by pursuing the goal of longer recorded use times by users.

>>31102

This sort of text presentation is way older than the Internet