The intake appointment was difficult. Apparently this is only 1 of 3 appointments. First half hour was reviewing documents that I had already read and signed which I found very frustrating. The second half hour we got into symptoms. I got triggered and cried. I try to squash away some of these memories and talking about them brings up all kinds of stuff. Telling these kinds of details to a stranger makes me feel very vulnerable. Fortunately, my regular session was an hour after this one. I have intake #2 next Friday. I expect it will be worse as we get even deeper into self-harm and suicide stuff. I hope I can arrange some communication with my therapist for after this meeting, because I suspect I'll need it.