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Old Oct 07, 2015, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Echos Myron View Post
I can really relate. I have never cried in T but I sat and bawled through the kid's film Inside Out. I think I am learning to feel my emotions and that can be overwhelming at times, but I am still self-protective with T and so I can't let go enough to cry there.
This could be a really good discussion to have with T, but it's a totally normal reaction to your emotions.
This was me for awhile. And, I went through the same thing. I would burst into tears at work, in my car, anywhere and couldn't pinpoint WHY. To this day I still don't know but my new T. says I was probably flooded. Just a rush of emotions with no way to contain or make sense of them. It was in these moments I really wish I could have gotten more support from my ex T.

I'm guessing they are tied to the work you are doing in therapy. I would mention it to your T. Do you feel them coming on in your session? I would leave my sessions not feeling great knowing it would be a rough week. Unfortunately, my T. never gave me good advice on how to handle the emotions which made me feel very alone in all of it. Maybe your T. can help you make sense of them and give you strategies for coping with them in between sessions.

I also couldn't cry in front of my ex T. and desperately wanted to. I felt like if I did she would finally see how painful it all was for me. I finally cried in my last two sessions with her. Then, I cried in the first two with new T. I guess something about ex T. made me not feel comfortable showing emotion. Or, I had so much in between my sessions that not much was left when I was in there. I also think it was my transference since I was not allowed to cry as a child.
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