what do you do after t?

I go back to work. Very rarely I'll go talk to a friend whose office is across the hall from mine, and who knows I'm in therapy, to debrief - usually I just avoid thinking about the session.

I find I need to have a routine after T, so usually I take a good walk to blow off some steam, then meet up with my best friend to "debrief" and process everything although my mind's a jumbled mess. Funny thing is I can't decide what time to make my appt. when I come back in the fall...always been late morning so I could go to lunch after but thinking about trying late afternoon...

My sessions are always the first one of the day, I always feel wiped out after therapy so I get the bus straight home. Then just try to chill and think about the session, I then normally journal what was said in the session.

I usually try to hit up starbucks and sit for a couple of mins and just think.. Then, I have to go pick up my kids from whoever's house they are at while I am at my appointment.. Then we usually come home and I try to write in my journal as far as I find a free min to do that.

I party with friends.

I never used to do this, but I do it now. I find that the "gleanings" from a good session are there anyway, and if I walk around in a solitary fog after the bad ones, it can trigger full-blown depression.

Wow, am I the ONLY ONE who feels overwhelmed and takes a nap?!

I generally, like many others, sit in the car for a minute, sometimes cry a bit, and then go to my boyfriend's work and sleep in the office.

I take long naps too - 2-4 hours. I feel so DRAINED after therapy. Not even physically tired, just WEIGHED DOWN, like I'm living my life under water. Not even under water. Under mercury. (Super heavy, dense, liquid.)

i'm always super tired after therapy, and sometimes hungry since i can't seem to eat before session anymore. i used to treat myself to something warm and yummy (like pho), but haven't done that in about 6 months. i do find that it helps to have something "planned" to do after, otherwise i just go stew about the session and think of all the things i could/should have said. plus, i tend to think about my therapist a lot more when i have the free time, which just makes me miss her even more.

im the last patient of the day as well. after decompress in my car... then drive home and crash!
sometimes i hit a drive through on the way home... yup, a sugary snack...mostly just go home and go to sleep

walk or exercise or otherwise try to distract myself from the overwhelming urge to si.

yes. why is that urge most difficult right after T?

Drink. After I get home, of course.
Not healthy, I know.

It depends how I feel. Usually I go and get something comforting for dinner, write my thoughts, go shopping. If I feel particularly triggered I walk around for ages and make sure I am among people- sometimes I feel too scared to be on my own after T.

After I leave the parking lot with my great sense of urgency, I usually come read here, write a bit about my session & then go work out.

i replay the whole session in my head then pass out from exhaustion lol

Like many of the folks on here, I try to take a few moments to get back to the "real world." I usually run errands, and more often than not, find something that angered me, that I wish I had responded to IN therapy! I'll usually write about what was said, then try to think about what I need to reflect upon so I feel I've "done the work" before my next session. I find if I don't actively try to think about things, I'm unprepared for the next session, and I don't get as much out of it.

This is what happens most times: T's office is located near a shopping center. I don't really enjoy shopping but I go there to take a walk. Need to stretch my legs and think about my stuff. Sometimes I need a little "brunch" too and I might stay at the mall a little longer in order to eat, but that's all.

When i leave i get up on the buses and start thinking, that usually takes an hour. Then when i get home i almost immiditly lay down and continue thinking about the last meeting, then i dream about something related to our meetings then i wake up and start thinking about the same right away. In the last 5 days i had 1 hour in total where i was able to pay attention to something else. I watched a video, and i talked to someone about something else, very funny.

I usually go to a few shops to try and distract myself from the fact the session is over or from the session itself if it didn't go great. It helps me carry on with life a bit and get back into my world outside of therapy.

If the session has gone badly and I am upset sometimes I need to take a drive or just sit in my car and have a break.

I really hate the few hours after therapy. Sometimes I need to sleep to get away from the feelings but then I am ok after that.