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Originally Posted by ThisWayOut
Do you find that most of the processing happens outsie of therapy? I find that once I get into the office, everything re-sets and I can get ok for the moment, but most everything hits outside of that hour. It's like my head knows that is a safe space, and takes a breather, then wham! outside of therapy it goes helter-skelter again. I still don't really know how to deal well with that... I don't know how to bring that sense of emotional and internal safety with myself.
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Absolutely. I have a routine, now. I leave, go grab a frappuchino, as my treat to self. Then take a drive. I've been told, at times, I seem a bit distant, for a couple of days. One time, I had back to back Pdoc and therapy. I was exhausted, i don't recommend double appointments.
As, Ive gotten through, the past couple of years, I'm quicker at processing, quicker to implement any suggestions or aha moments. I find it tough, because we tend to discuss the here and now, but then the connections of my past, to how I'm repeating patterns, etc, that's all on me. I journal, and come here. Maybe even read articles or books related to my current situation, when that has applied.
I'm on a summer hiatus, and have been given a whammy of family of origin stuff to process, before my next session. Through unplanned circumstances. That's neither here nor there.
Therapy is indeed, for me, that safe place to get it out, but the rest, it's all up to me, to work at it. I'd rather elbow grease now, than misery,more so than necessary, later.