Weird stuff at T...?

I’m curious to know what you feel when you’re at your T appt. I’m not talking about anything related to transference or traumatic pain, but something different that I can’t quite explain… like metaphysical sh%$.

I’ve seen Ts in my past, but this experience is so different. There are some times I just want to sit together for the hour and not talk… just be. I don’t know if there’s like this energy stuff going on, but it is really interesting. This last session brought something up and I nearly cried (couldn’t believe it! it hit me out of no where), but the feeling was so much larger than pain… it felt like such a powerful moment that may not have had anything to do with pain, but rather a connection in that room, in that moment, all tied together by a moment(s) from the past.

And another thing… this is the first T who has been consistent every week at the same time on the same day. She’s not missed any appointments (She was there the day after XMAS! and New Years!), and it’s been very snowy here and she’s had some illness issues with her mother. It just feels… something… maybe safe?

Does anyone else experience this stuff?

sounds a wonderful place to be.

I think so, writing...

I do feel when I am with T that that is where I am supposed to be. It is a very deep, safe feeling, like you're describing.

It's good

Yes. When in a safe place with someone we can actually trust - there is something solid that allows our energy to relax around us. For me, it feels like I am "at home" with T. Like I feel the same way with T that I feel when I am alone with my thoughts and there is no one who is going to punish me for what I think or say or feel. I can just BE. Is that what you are describing? The ability to just BE ?

Yes,

I feel like I'm at home in therapy, it feels safe. I'm in group therapy and it feels like a wee family. I guess it something alot of us here aren't used to - we can go to therapy and just learn to be ourselves, show who we really areand our therapists don't act like out parents/caregivers did. Well thats how I feel about it. Is that something you feel?



PS sounds like you have a good T there