Someone posted a video to a Ted Talk by Brene Brown about vulnerability a few days ago (sorry, can't remember who) and I watched that and another talk of hers that deals with shame. She said something in the shame video that describes exactly how I feel about therapy--she said after her first Ted Talk she had a "vulnerability hangover." Unable to function or get out of bed or...etc.

This is how I feel the hours and especially the next day after every therapy session. I can't even process what we talked about. I can't even bear to think about it so I try to push it to the edges of my mind, because it just makes me cringe inside and have impulses to hurt myself. I just want to hide from the shame that washes over me in endless waves. This lasts a few days and then anxiety about attending therapy ramps up for a few days and then I go to therapy. Is the process like this for anyone else? I had to have a few beers to even walk into my last session...

Just wondering if anyone else deals with this...and how you cope.