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Originally Posted by A Red Panda
It sounds like your T is trying to be the little voice in your head that's helpful, and maybe you're somewhat lacking in that? He wouldn't be evaluating you, he'd be investigating and exploring! Sorta like a little Sherlock Holmes in your head "Hmmm Watson, why has the stress level not gone down?" "Why, I don't know Holmes! Is it because she doesn't have her backpack?" "No, it's rather elementary my dear Watson. It is because she feels like everyone is watching her, notice that she is still doing X?"
You're Watson. Your T is Holmes. They work together! The goal is to get you to be Holmes and your T to be Watson, but right now he might help take the lead to help teach you how to do it yourself.
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I like this way of looking at the situation. I guess I have to try to realise he's on my side and that we're working together. That we're some sort of team. It's easy to overlook that when you sit there in the chair in the therapist's office and feel pressured, challenged and incredibly anxious.
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Originally Posted by A Red Panda
Do you smile or make eyecontact with strangers often?
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Not really. I do it sometimes but not often. I don't really smile or make eye contact that much with people I know either. I find it rather difficult.
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Originally Posted by Asiablue
I picked up that you've done double sessions. Double sessions are exhausting because you're under stress for longer. Could you consider 90 min sessions and see if that helps? Maybe one you are more relaxed with the therapy and the relationship wih your T you could go back up to the 2 hours?
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Apparently a single session is 45 minutes so my double sessions are 90 minutes long. Not two hours. 45 minutes feels like a very short amount of time so I'm quite grateful for the double sessions.