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Jan 19, 2011, 12:35 PM
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So this is how I'm feeling today....stuck! I guess that is the main feeling I was trying to express in that other thread I started....just stuck. stuck in sadness, stuck in pain, stuck in frustration, stuck in despair/anger, stuck in crisis, stuck in therapy, stuck with unhealed wounds, stuck in not understanding what to do
 .gif "Sad Boy") .....and even though I really do like, respect, appreciate my T, I feel like the connection, which seemed so good, has gotten sort of stuck, too. Instead of progressing, we fell backward and got stuck.....and it sucks.... I'm sort of feeling today like there isn't much point in fighting the stuck feeling.....so I'm thinking I'll just let it be, sit with it, see what happens....not that I want to stay stuck! But maybe fighting too hard to get un-stuck right now is making me feel more stuck..... Do others feel stuck like this sometimes.....and what do you do with it??? |
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Jan 19, 2011, 01:31 PM
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poetgirl, I'm sorry you're feeling stuck. I think it's a good idea to accept the feeling, like you said, and see what happens. Fighting feelings usually doesn't work.
It sounds like everything seems overwhelming right now. Is there one aspect of your life that doesn't feel stuck? Or one little part that you can move forward just a little? As far as being stuck in therapy, that's something you probably need to discuss with your T. I'm sorry you don't feel connected right now, but that's not going to stay the same. Wherever you're stuck isn't going to always be that way, either. Tomorrow you may feel different! I have felt stuck and immobilized, but those feelings come and go. Probably a small bit of action helps me, I'm not quite sure. I hope you feel better soon. Last edited by rainbow8; Jan 19, 2011 at 01:35 PM. Reason: posted before I was finished writing |
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Jan 19, 2011, 01:35 PM
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I read this thread first and then went to your other thread to get more info so that I could understand this thread more. I understand now why you feel stuck (because you didn't get to work through that trigger and you are still here with it).
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Jan 19, 2011, 01:43 PM
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 I did do some journaling about this, which helps. And I am definitely going to bring this up in session Friday, too.... |
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Jan 19, 2011, 01:46 PM
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I'm glad you figured it out. After reading Sannah's reply, I also reread your other thread. I understand your frustration with your T and wanting to discuss what's underneath it, not discuss medication. I definitely have felt awful when T misses the boat!! Good luck on Friday!
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Jan 19, 2011, 01:47 PM
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On your other thread I asked you if you told her that you wanted to address the trigger?
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Don't let your problems or the world make you feel small. Stretch your arms out over your head. Take a deep breathe. Tell yourself that you are big. You are big, not small. You always have space, you are not trapped........ I'm an ISFJ |
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Jan 19, 2011, 02:14 PM
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So when is your next appt. and will you be able to talk to her about it then?
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Jan 19, 2011, 02:17 PM
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Jan 19, 2011, 02:21 PM
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LOL!......
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Don't let your problems or the world make you feel small. Stretch your arms out over your head. Take a deep breathe. Tell yourself that you are big. You are big, not small. You always have space, you are not trapped........ I'm an ISFJ |
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Jan 19, 2011, 02:24 PM
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Jan 19, 2011, 04:37 PM
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i love your attitude about making sure you get what you need out of going to see your T.i am sorry you are feeling so stuck.this feeling i totally understand i tend to just sit with that feeling also hope it passes soon
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Jan 19, 2011, 09:53 PM
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If you feel stuck in therapy, can you share that with your T? They are usually interested to hear those things and often have good ideas about how to break impasses. Good luck.
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Jan 19, 2011, 11:14 PM
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I know this was said with a smile, but I've found that when I can let myself go in and really REALLY let T know how I'm feeling - frustration with feeling stuck, anger at not being heard, whatever - it tends to shake us out of that stuck place. Maybe not right away, but it starts the forward movement again. But if I'm stuck and don't know why, sometimes I just have to let it be. Like Sunny said, it might be days, or weeks, or months, but things always change. I just read something somewhere that reminded me that the world keeps spinning and I don't have to do anything. It reminded me that life is like that...even if I don't try to control the outcome, things will change, there will be movement, the stuckness won't last forever. to you 
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Jan 20, 2011, 08:06 AM
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Thanks to each one who replied!
 I know I won't feel stuck forever.....I'll just try to be as honest and real as possible about this feeling, and why I think it might be, when I have my session tomorrow. I think some of the stuck feeling does just come from the fact that I've still kept a lot of the intensity of emotion so well-guarded......even tho my T knows its there, she hasn't really seen it, because I haven't just let it come.....
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