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I usually forget by the next session - two weeks (or four with the psychiatrist) is soo long. And all the emotion goes out of it - I get detached. Do you bring your journal with you?

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WinterRose (pretty name), my sessions are usually weekly, and I use my journal to help remind me of my thoughts so forgetting is not a problem. Maybe detachment is a little bit. But what I speak about in session leads to novel stuff, so time to experience that fresh. No, I don't bring my journal to sessions with me. It's not like I want to read from it or anything. And I definitely don't want T to read from it. If it seems like I will have problems remembering something I want to say, I just make a few notes on a post it and review it before I go into the session. I don't want to seem "scripted." My notes are really just a prompt or memory jog, and I never take them out during session.