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Originally Posted by lonelyplanet
That makes me feel a little better, cos I was starting to panic that it might be because I'm being difficult and she maybe wants to get rid of me, but what you said makes sense. Still I hope I can do it, and we don't end up with me staring at the floor/ceiling in silence for the whole hour. How embarrassing would that be.  |
There is nothing embarassing about being unable to talk and its ok to just sit sometimes.
While my T does start session with something generic like "how's it going" it is up to me to really start the session. Sometimes even after the opening line from T I still can't and just sit for a bit longer, luckily my T tries to "rescue" me by providing some generic prompting questions if I sit too long.
I'm not sure if your T does any grounding techniques with you but doing those at the beginning of the session may help. I know last session for some reason even after some prompting I didn't want to talk, so instead T started doing grounding techniques. I told T that I was present, as normally we only do grounding when I dissociate. T said sometimes its just good to try connect with your body which makes it easier for your mind to communicate. It ended up being just the help I needed to get started.