(((((((((((((((Pink!!)))))))))))))))
Awesome, and congrats! You've worked hard for this - all of it!!!
Your session reminds me of mine with my MD because after I told her all that stuff i was also dissociating and starting to switch. Suddenly i grabbed the chair arms and said "the room is spinning!" She said it's ok, breathe, and i told her it meant I was switching. She said "No. stay here. I want you to stay here, I don't want you to switch" several times to me as i fought it off.
Like you, I managed to stay in the present (and in myself). Afterwards I was still a bit dissociated but functioning and cried all the way home vs. completely going away from it and switching out. Staying with the emotions, even tho painful.
Kudos Pink - it is amazing that there has been such change in only 3 weeks... i like what you said about the choice you made. I am going to be holding on to that, too - to get through the next few weeks. Remembering I made a choice to be healthier.