Does anyone else sometimes struggle to recall what was discussed with their T as soon as they have left the session?
This used to happen a lot with my previous T, I would walk out and then on the drive home realise I didn’t actually recall virtually anything that we had talked about. Sometimes I would vaguely remember topics but no details of what either of us really said.
I’ve seen my new T for a few sessions now and last week this happened for the first time with her. I walked out of the office and had no idea of the conversations that had taken place.
I mentioned this to her today and she said it sounded like I had shut down but I’m not sure I agree. Surely if I had shut down then I wouldn’t have been able to even respond to her questions.
It’s like one part of my brain is in the room responding to her questions but then there is a large part that is elsewhere. I don’t realise in session that this is going on, it’s only after when I try to think about what was said and can’t remember.
Does this happen to anyone else?