It sounds like you really DO need a break from something, Soup

There was a time or two when I took a break for a week, because I just needed some space to BE, to not have to work so hard all the time. I knew I could go and "be" with T, but I also know that when I walk in that room, things just come up, and I didn't want to do that kind of work right then. I knew I wasn't putting it off forever...I just knew I needed a break first.

A year or two ago I took a break for a month, and that was really helpful too. It was nice to have the extra time to myself and it gave me time to read, to experience life without therapy, to see what I still needed to work on. When I went back, we FINALLY got into the hardest trauma stuff that I had managed to avoid for 3 years...not the day I went back or anything, but when I returned, we slowly started moving in that direction. And I was ready (or as ready as I would ever be) and it was good.

I think sometimes we think too hard about T breaks (or I do) - I would get into a spiral of "am I running away?" or "do I just need to rest?". And really, in the short term, either one is fine. We won't run away forever, and we won't rest forever.

to you!