[Yogix]

Hey everyone,
Tomorrow I have a session and I literally have so much that I want to talk about, I feel like I could spend the entire session just venting.

But I would like to make some sort of outline of what I would like to talk about. I'm wondering if anyone here does that, or have any suggestions as to how to do it?

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[Aloneandafraid]

Originally Posted by Yogix

Hey everyone,
Tomorrow I have a session and I literally have so much that I want to talk about, I feel like I could spend the entire session just venting.

But I would like to make some sort of outline of what I would like to talk about. I'm wondering if anyone here does that, or have any suggestions as to how to do it?

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I am just thinking about my session tomorrow and like you, I have so much to vent that indent know where to begin or how to prioritize. I haven't seen her for three weeks and I feel abandoned but I don't know whether to go into this or all the other crap that's happened while she's been away.

Sorry this isn't helping you - just wanted to let you know I'm in similar position! Weird how I have literally just written a list of all the things I need to tell her. But we only have 45 minutes and she never goes over by a second. I am so anxious already!

How are you planning to go,about it?

Maybe you could write a list of things in priority of importance that you need to talk about. The less important ones you could journal about, sometimes this helps me anyway.
Or a question to ask yourself is what do you want to get out of tomorrow's session? To offload and vent, some coping skills perhaps, to be heard and validated or just to talk to someone who understands you? Either way, it's your time and money to spend however you please

Ps. I hate it when an hour seems like 5mins because you have so much to get through

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[sweepy62]

Wow, it seems like alot of us have sessions tomorrow, pc is gonna be busy tomorrow, im planning my hour for tomorrow as well.

[Yogix]

Ah thank you all just for the support and suggestions. I was debating writing all the topics down and giving it to T to choose but I know she won't do that.... So maybe I'll just bring in my art journal and hope that will stimulate some conversation, but then part of me just wants to let flow what may. I don't know!

Man. This is tough!

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[HazelGirl]

I try to plan out most of my sessions ahead of time. That way, I don't leave anything out.

[Aloneandafraid]

I can't sleep. My list is growing! My head is spinning. Thank you for this thread.

[BlessedRhiannon]

I have a session on Thursday and realized I have so many things I feel like I need to talk about. I emailed my T with the things I want to talk about and told her that I need help prioritizing. She emailed back and thanked me for the list and offered her suggestion of what we should tackle first. It felt good to just put everything out there, because I know that t will help me address it all now, even if it takes a few sessions.

[Yogix]

Originally Posted by BlessedRhiannon

I have a session on Thursday and realized I have so many things I feel like I need to talk about. I emailed my T with the things I want to talk about and told her that I need help prioritizing. She emailed back and thanked me for the list and offered her suggestion of what we should tackle first. It felt good to just put everything out there, because I know that t will help me address it all now, even if it takes a few sessions.

Glad she was able to be of some help for you! I thought of doing a similar thing but since my appointment is right early tomorrow, there's no point as it's already 12:30am here. I guess I'm just going to write it all down in bullet points and go off of that. But I know that in the past I've done the same and got to session, talked about completely different things, then left feeling so angry at myself.

Hopefully I'll stick to it!

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[pinkbutterfly]

I typically try to journal some - or look back at what I post about here...and try to figure out what the most urgent topic is for me. I went into one session and T wanted to pick up where we had left off before, but I stopped her and said that I really needed to discuss something else that had happened in between sessions (I had been assaulted) - obviously that took priority. But I'm such a mess that if I can't think of where to start, T certainly has many ways to go lol.

But I do like to come up with some things that I think are most important to discuss. I think she likes that too because it shows her I am putting thought into my recovery. And really, I know myself better than she knows me...and what I find most important may not be what she would pick as most important. Always remember, that even if T knows more about things than you do - YOU are the expert on YOUR life.

Hope it goes well!