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Anyone else struggle with this? Did it resolve? How?

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(((ECHOES)))

Yes, I've struggled with this, repeatedly. I've made some progress in my sessions with T by focusing on how my body feels. Rather than talking about the feeling and letting my intellectual mind get in the way, my T helps me bring the focus back to my body and that very moment.

This can be very uncomfortable at first, but it does get easier, and T is good at encouraging me. For example I might say: ' my chest is getting tight, I feel the blood flowing faster, my palms are sweaty, etc.' Rather than trying to figure out what I'm feeling, I try to get in touch with how my body is feeling at that very moment. No judgement, just awareness.

The last time I did this, I spent most my session sobbing and squeezing the heck out of T's hand. I have no idea what exactly I was sobbing about, but getting all that pain out and having T accept me was what was important.

(I was only able to do this after ~1.5 years with T)


Owl