I had emdr yesterday and we focused on shame. It has been brutal since, flashbacks and concerz about reliving some trauma in my past, I was scared to go to sleep because of the dreams I've been having. My mind is fuzzy right now.
Your therapist should be doing post- processing of the EMDR with you that should be minimizing any flashbacks or other trauma. What does sometimes come up during EMDR is bringing up more than the specific issue being addressed but in that case, the therapist should be processing the secondary or residual issues that are coming up. At least, that's how I was taught, and in a few cases, I have seen in the after-processing some secondary issues arise which were pretty easily cleared with a bit of extra EMDR to clear the feelings. Dreams that are vivid aren't uncommon, but, at least in my experience, are usually not traumatic if the EMDR has adequately cleared everything that was brought up. You might discuss this with your therapist.
