Read The Body Keeps the Score and Waking the Tiger. These are two of the essential readings on trauma for clinicians. At 11 months old your brain was not yet fully developed and did not have the capacity to create memory as we usually consider. However, your body remembers. Part of why EMDR works is because it’s somatic, in part and the process will help connect the cognitive aspects with your body. You can feel it in your body when triggered. Usually around age 3 years of age we can form regular memories.