Hi Claritytoo.

When I was in therapy I would often 'blank out' and not be able to remember afterwards what happened. It was very distressing. I spoke to my T about it and she told me not to worry, as we were still doing important work in our sessions even if I couldn't remember it. She said on some level, some part of me was taking it all in and still getting the benefit. We spent a lot of time talking about why I couldn't remember, and she was happy to give me a quick run down of the last session based on her notes from the previous one.

It was very disconcerting though, being told what I had said or done when I really couldn't remember it at all. I just thought I had been staring into space or had just blanked it out for being too upsetting, but it seems like I was often still engaging in the session just with no recollection after wards.

If you can talk to your T about it that might be a good place to start, as they might have suggestions on how to help.

Milli

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