How do you feel after pdoc or therapy appointments?

During my pdoc appt. yesterday I was more open and shared more than I usually do. The appt. was so much more productive.

usually just in diffrent

I usually find that it didn't help me (especially therapy), but I suppose I'm glad that I am keeping up my end and going to the appointments- even if I do end up feeling worse than before (well not worse, but not better either)

Courage often seems to open new doors for us. Awesome work, Bether! Yay!

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Originally Posted by Sapien I always feel angry and hopeless, kinda wondering if that's the norm

My therapy appointments always used to end like that when I was a teenager. At that time I felt ignored and judged (due to misdiagnosis). Now it is rare to feel hopeless, etc... after an appointment.

Do you feel unheard?

It depends. If I'm feeling really bad and the session has helped me worked through it, I feel good about my interactions with the psychiatrist or therapist.

If I don't feel any better, I wonder why I go to the doctor in the first place. Why am I spending the money going through years of therapy when this particular problem doesn't get better. Now that I write this, I realize that I felt like that a lot with a particular therapist and got another one. Now I have a new perspective and a therapist who has a different style of relating.

HTH.

Unimportant and unheard (and I feel worse when I am unheard) (or if ''heard'' and devalued with a snarky comment... NOT cool )