I have trouble recalling sessions too. When I am there I get so anxious that I don't really know what I am saying and feel totally dissociated. When I wallk out I feel like I have just dreamt the session. Like you, I remember the general feeling of the session but never the specifics. I have spoken to T about this loads of times and we have tried recording sessions so I can listen to it between session which just made me obsessed with listening to the tape and analysing every word, then when I got to session I still couldn't recall anything. We spend time writing things down at the end of session so that I can look at it during the week to help me remember. I have a Reflection Review form (T is CBT) which I fill out as soon as I get home, but still all of these things don't help me feel present in session or help remember the specifics. It is really frustrating because I feel that it is preventing me from progessing
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Originally Posted by lavieenrose
I entered a "protective bubble" of dissociation as a young child to escape an emotionally charged, chaotic family environment. I never fully emerged from the bubble.
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Do you feel dissociated just in therapy or does it happen in other situations?