 |
| FAQ/Help |
| Calendar |
| Search |
|
#1
May 10, 2012, 03:51 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Do any of you get anxious before a session - I've been seeing my T for a couple of years but still get really anxious before each session - once there and chatting I'm fine, its just the morning before i go that i struggle!
Has anyone got any suggestions of how to reduce the anxiety prior to my session? Many thanks |
|
#2
May 10, 2012, 07:04 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I get really anxious before my sessions, but I haven't been going that long (about 3 months). Unfortunately, I don't have the any idea how to reduce the anxiety before sessions... just wanted you to know that you're not alone!
|
|
#3
May 10, 2012, 07:05 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
My appt is late morning each week...so I usually distract myself with PC and leave myself too little time to shower and dress, so I am rushed with no time to think. lol. it works, because I used to always have big panic attacks before T. I also always take an ativan just before I go in.
__________________
never mind... |
|
#4
May 10, 2012, 07:22 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Not before every single appointment, but for a lot of them I do feel anxious.. Over various reasons. I get scared about would will be brought up, if the appointment will cancelled or how late T will be, or I have the wrong date or time, etc.
__________________
"You decide every moment of every day who you are and what you believe in. You get a second chance, every second." "You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!" - J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. |
|
#5
May 10, 2012, 07:24 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I am little different when i think of appointments, I keep my time management ready with me and i follow it anyhow whatever situation is ., resolutions and challenges makes life FEELS like a LIFE.
|
|
#6
May 10, 2012, 08:09 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I am always anxious before my sessions, it starts the day before and it just builds, I have been seeing my T for a year now, I find a good walk around town before my session window shopping then I always end up rushing to get there on time.
|
|
#7
May 10, 2012, 08:24 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Its really nice to hear that I'm not the only one - thanks
|
|
#8
May 10, 2012, 08:50 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I've been seeing t for just over 9 months and get anxious every time. Sometimes it starts the day before, other times a few hours. I am pretty much worthless at work the hour before t. Often I don't eat lunch those days or if I do it is followed with a hefty dose of TUMS. Once I am in session a few minutes I settle a bit.
__________________
Normal is just a setting on the dryer. |
|
#9
May 10, 2012, 10:08 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I totally get very anxious before sessions, especially when I do know in advance what we will be talking about because then it is something more serious versus talking about something that may have happened during the previous week. I definitely have tried to implement a routine before I go, either time with a friend or just quiet time to gather my thoughts, listen to good music, etc. I have also found it helpful to get there earlier rather than rush to have time to calm myself down in the waiting room before I actually go back, practice some deep breathing, try to relax and tell myself it will be ok
|
|
#10
May 10, 2012, 10:10 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I also experience anxiety before session, some days worst then others. I often am shaky in the waiting room. I usually have session first thing in the morning so I dont have to be at work before hand or else I would be useless. I find listening to music in the waiting room before session helps a bit, and try not get there early as to minimize the waiting time.
|
|
#11
May 10, 2012, 11:02 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I get nervous before sessions as well. I'll be sitting in the waiting room, fidgeting, heart racing, nervous stomach. Almost always, as soon as I sit down and start talking to T, I feel better. Once in a great while, I'll stay anxious and that's usually when I have something to talk about that I don't really want to talk about. I don't feel better until I get it out, but sometimes (like this morning) I just can't. So, I stay anxious.
|
|
#12
May 10, 2012, 08:50 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I get anxious before AND during (LOL. I suffer from GAD). Doesn't happen every single time, though. I guess it's just me not being used to open up.
__________________
"Handsome is as handsome does". - proverb  "People say words can't hurt, but that's not true". "It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere". – Agnes Repplier |
|
#13
May 10, 2012, 09:19 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I often throw up before an appointment and spend the first five to ten minutes of each appointment feeling like my chest is going to explode and can't hear well because of the pounding in my ears. Walking up her stairs, my legs are like heavy rubber. I have been seeing the woman for a year and a half.
|
|
#14
May 11, 2012, 11:14 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
i go at night and the few hours before the appt, i am just sitting and waiting for t to call and cancel. he has only cancelled one time but i keep waiting for it to happen again. sometimes i really wish he would but i know i would see it as rejection....and that he hates me.
some days i am pathetic!!! sorry. |
| Reply |
This is an old thread. You probably should not post your reply to it, as the original poster is unlikely to see it.|
|
My Support Forums is the online community that was originally begun as the Psych Central Forums in 2001. It now runs as an independent self-help support group community for mental health, personality, and psychological issues and is overseen by a group of dedicated, caring volunteers from around the world.
Linear Mode
