I'm usually excited the night before a session. For me though, I have my appointments in the evening so I still have to go through a whole day of work and waiting around in a cafe (not much point going home). I usually have a couple of hours of "me time" before sessions so I spend them working out how I'm going to say what I want to say to my T. Sometimes, if I feel particularly nervous about a session, I go to the pub beforehand (I hardly ever drink but sometimes a small glass of wine helps ease down the nervousness).

The night before is usually spent working out what I'm going to wear. I don't know why this is important to me (I have no erotic transference, just paternal), but I like the idea of associating certain clothes with therapy (probably because I feel safest during sessions and somehow the clothes carry on that feeling afterwards--weird, I know).

ANYWAY.

Sorry, this is long. It's a good question--I never thought about what my pre-therapy habits are, but it turns out I have a hoard of them. My relationship with my T is a good one but when I press that buzzer and the door unlocks, I get pretty nervous. I once described vulnerability as feeling like you're naked before a fully clothed person--I guess some of my anxiety about how I'll be perceived/how T will react to what I have to say, stems from that.