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Originally Posted by Soccer mom
Yes, I could put myself in this category. However, my T. has also told me several times that 75% of the processing happens outside of the sessions. So, while you might think you are obsessing, maybe you're also processing. If I didn't think about it, I wouldn't have as many realizations to take into therapy the next session.
I definitely process/obsess more some weeks than others depending on the topic/my schedule/my mood. Unfortunately, I think it's all part of it especially as you are moving through difficult topics.
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I completely agree about the processing happening outside of sessions. The other day, I e-mailed my T about a thought I had on the car ride home after my session with her that day--she said I have very productive car rides! And that we'd put that topic on the list for next time. Driving (by myself) and showering tend to be when the biggest revelations come to me for some reason.
I've always been an overanalyzer, so it makes sense that I would be analyzing my therapy! Though I've had therapy in the past, but I don't remember thinking about it nearly as much as I have in the past year or so. Maybe partly because I'm seeing two therapists (T and marriage counselor) now, so I'm doing more talking and thinking than in the past, when I just saw one person. Of course, the transference probably has something to do with it, too...