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I have a friend who can too and we call it the Charlie Brown effect...where the T is talking and all you can hear is "wah-wa-wah-wah-wah" like the teachers and adults in Peanust/Charlie Brown movies. lol

yes, overwhelmed is what i was. and am too often.

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I get that too in therapy. It is good to hear I am not the only one (Charlie Brown effect!). It happens when too much is going on in the session and I am trying to process and deal with stuff from earlier in the session, yet we forge ahead and T is talking and who knows what he is saying? His mouth moves and I hear words, but I do not understand them. In my last session, also a jam packed one, he was posing alternatives to me and questions and wanting me to choose between alternatives I had just heard that very session and hadn't processed yet. I told him I had to have time to let those alternatives sink in and I couldn't choose right then. I needed to process them and try to fit them into my vision. He said he understood completely. He didn't think I was unusual or uncooperative or anything like that by telling him I needed more time. So maybe when that happens in your session, just tell your T you need time to process it.

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I know i need to be in therapy but i don't know what to talk about. I'm afraid I'm boring her and she'll ditch me, really.

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Have you told her that? You are new to the psychoanalytic method so it may take some time before it goes smoothly. Maybe if your T knows, she can help guide you more. If you know you need to be in therapy, do you know why? That would be a great topic to start with.

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