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Old Sep 17, 2015, 07:41 PM
SkyscraperMeow SkyscraperMeow is offline
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Originally Posted by Middlemarcher View Post
I understand exactly how you feel, and it's an awful feeling. I felt like that for a long time at the beginning of my therapy.

For what it's worth, my personal experience is that finally, over time, things began to be contained in the room. It took a long time-- probably a year-and-a-half or more of twice weekly sessions. But now, almost 3 years in, I can have sessions that are emotionally very difficult, and then go out into the world (maybe still very upset, still crying), and within a half hour or less, sometimes almost instantly, those feelings settle down, and I go on with my day, my week. My T is precisely what I need: as absolutely consistent as possible. I'm sure that it's due to this that I've gotten to this point. And I always hope for everyone else on this board that they might be able to get to that place. But it did take me a long time, even with an extremely skilled T and frequent sessions.
Thanks for sharing, Middlemarcher! I'm not that far into therapy really, only a few months with this therapist, and certainly starting to enter territory which is new for me which is probably why it's so challenging to deal with.

I'm glad to hear that it got better for you!