[Raging Quiet]

... On a therapy high? (Positive, 'slightly better')

... On a therapy low? (Feeling it was a waste of time, frustrated)

... Or feel no different to before you arrived?

Years ago, I would leave T on a high and it would carry me for about 3 days mainly and up to my next session. These days, I leave on a low; cursing myself and feel frustrated which lasts a long while after my session and affects my sleep as I replay everything and I feel panic when I wake up and have a session that day.

How do you feel when you leave from a usual session?

Depends on the session. Each one is different.

[precious things]

Its about 50/50 for me.

[harvest moon]

I always leave on a 'high', which only lasts for a few hours though. After this feeling passes, I desperately want to go back for another session. Day 1 to 3 after my session, I feel I have so much to share that I cannot wait. Day 4 to 7, which is my next session, I don't feel like going; I feel desperate, as if nothing will ever change. Then, the time comes for my next session. I leave on a 'high' and, once again, the circle repeats itself. This has been going on for the last 2 years out of the 3.5 years that I have been in therapy. I'm stuck.

[lrt1978]

It depends on what we working on or talking about. It's different after each session

[Perna]

Challenged. To do better or to figure out something still frustrating me or to relate in a way I want "sooner" (before I'm walking out the door :-) If I am feeling low or something, I'm also excited because I know I'll probably have interesting dreams that night (so can't wait to get to bed/sleep). But usually I have something interesting to "chew" on for the week.

[critterlady]

I really can't generalize. It's different depending on what we're talking about. Sometimes I sit in the car and cry for half an hour and sometimes I leave laughing. It just depends.

[tinyrabbit]

Can be any of the above.

[mandazzle]

I think this is a very difficult question to answer because it depends on what happens in the session. But at the end of my session I tend to make jokes... probably more for me than my T.

Depends on the session for me, Atm I am dealing with trauma so I am leaving sessions feeling low.

I don't think I've left a session with current T feeling no different from when I arrived. There is always some change during the session, but it is not always positive. (With exT, "no change" was the default, although there were a few exceptions.)

I usually leave wishing the session had been a bit longer.

I keep rescheduling my appointment with the therapist that I'm suppose to see, I will do group with him and i still need to decide if I feel connected to him, so far I have only done one group so i don't feel confident about it.

[SkinnySoul]

Before my transference feelings emerged, I'd leave feeling just tired.

Now I can tell that he really affects my mood.
Sometimes I leave his office wishing to be hit by a bus on my way home, while other times I feel so high it's like I'm on the most powerful 'uppers' in the world. These feelings don't last long though, just a few hours.

Originally Posted by Rect0pathic

... On a therapy high? (Positive, 'slightly better')

... On a therapy low? (Feeling it was a waste of time, frustrated)

... Or feel no different to before you arrived?

Years ago, I would leave T on a high and it would carry me for about 3 days mainly and up to my next session. These days, I leave on a low; cursing myself and feel frustrated which lasts a long while after my session and affects my sleep as I replay everything and I feel panic when I wake up and have a session that day.

How do you feel when you leave from a usual session?

Rect0pathic,
Do you think you and t can heal from these recent ruptures because I think it would be in your best interest to consider a new t. i know this is harsh and I am sorry to say it but lately your t is causing you a lot of pain, shame and remorse. This is not helping you.

[pbutton]

It depends on thes session. Sometimes I'm laughing and smiling, sometimes I'm panicked and worried that I won't be able to drive my car. Therapy is intense.

[Poppy Princess]

I feel bored when I leave.

[Freewilled]

I often leave feeling "stupid" - like "geez, why do I even need to come here?? I'm really not getting much better and Im such a loser..." Which is weird because I would only think highly of others who choose therapy to better themselves. Why I can't give myself the same recognition is beyond me.

Very occasionally, I have left happy and with a sort of relief. Those are few and far between....

Originally Posted by critterlady

sometimes I leave laughing..

I've never left laughing, maybe feeling slightly better but never laughing.

[Miswimmy1]

it really depends on the session. usually, with old t, there was a high. usually after new t, there is just a kind of neutral feeling.

Originally Posted by Mastodon

I usually leave wishing the session had been a bit longer.

I always feel like this, I never quite feel I've resolved anything fully, but forget to bring things up the next time.

[purplemystery]

I always feel on-edge, tense, and raw when I leave. It's almost as if therapy rips me open and then I feel exposed to the outside world until I can collect myself again. Sometimes I also feel loved and happy, and other times I feel hopeless and frustrated. However I feel, it usually takes me several hours of deep thought about the session before I can get it out of my mind.

[angustios101]

I usually leave in tears and frustrated but I keep going back because I don't know what else to do. I just finished a year of DBT group and individual and I feel like I didn't take away that much from it. I'm beginning to think maybe I should try out psychoanalysis rather than CBT-oriented therapy, idk.

[growlycat]

I've felt all of those states at different times.

Currently, I am riding a low big-time

[1stepatatime]

Depends upon what we were talking about and how we wrap things up. More often then not I feel like I don't want to leave because I usually get warmed up during the last twenty minutes. So yeah....sometimes I leave feeling unsettled and other times I feel good about our session.

[sugahorse1]

Mainly low. I'm too hard on myself and get frustrated with all my "short-comings"