[Petra5ed]

I've felt sick, exhausted. I've come home and fallen asleep midday. Generally though, I just feel frustrated with myself.

[Leah123]

I've had a lot of sessions like that, exhausting, also I often feel anxious or upset after, took me a long while to figure out workable coping skills to help soothe myself after those tough hours, is getting a bit better now. My best sessions, I feel relieved or soothed afterward, and once in a blue moon, maybe even pleased, happy, or excited, or glad about progress. That usually doesn't last, ha.

Practicing radical acceptance and self-compassion were probably my earliest coping skills that helped me with that.

[Canyon]

Originally Posted by Petra5ed

I've felt sick, exhausted. I've come home and fallen asleep midday. Generally though, I just feel frustrated with myself.

Yeah, a bit of that. I totally understand the feeling.

[IndestructibleGirl]

A weird mixture, usually - often shaky and frequently exhausted and nearly always raw, but it's accompanied by a sense of boldness and hope as I walk away from the office, because I have an amazing person willing to fight my corner alongside me.

[Petra5ed]

Thank you, I feel better already I forgot the self compassion.

[stopdog]

Not all glowy and understood and warm. Usually worse. At the best of times neutral.

I think of the Rodgers and Hammerstein song "there is Nothing Like a Dame"
"What don't we feel? We don't feel good"

[lightcatcher]

Angry or shattered. Angry at everything - life, history, people, myself. Shattered from spilling my guts and then trying to pick them up and carry on.
Hope these both change.

[unlockingsanity]

Sometimes really good.

Sometimes neutral.

Sometimes worse.

[liquidfox]

Rubbish after today's session. So tired anyway.
Most of the time I come out feeling disorientated and confused. Sometimes it's more positive like last time.

[Sunflower Queen]

When I was going regularly I would leave strong and happy. By the end of the week I would have the need to be close again. But now in transition and the space makes it uncomfortable. The hug I asked for wears off sooner.

[RTerroni]

It all depends, sometimes I feel great, sometimes I feel horrible, and everywhere in-between.

[OneWorld]

I compare it to the mental equivalent of having worked out with a trainer. Exhausted and sore and maybe wondering if they pushed you harder than you should have gone, but stronger and proud of yourself for having shown up and put in the work n

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[rothfan6]

It depends on the session. I've noticed for me most of the time it has little to do with the topic but more with the connection. Sometimes I feel better and connected and understood. Other times I feel disconnected and anxious that I'm wasting my time and making myself vulnerable and it's not worth the risk.

[healingme4me]

At times, challenged. Usually, food for thought.
I like to mull each session over, after.
I wonder, if looking back, I'll feel nostalgic for these years. Unless, something emotionally drastic, were to take me by surprise, my therapy time is winding down. The therapy of my thirties, was, indeed, well worth the time, money, and energy/effort.


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[always_wondering]

Oh my, it really varies.

If he is forgetful - angry and annoyed
If he is attentive - happy
If we get into a deep discussion and he gives me insight - overjoyed
If we try to find things to talk about and nothing is gained - confused
If he's funny - well, I'm just giddy for a few days.

I feel relieved when I leave his office. Like, I can go it alone. Then by midweek, I get all attached and can't wait until I see him again.

[nottrustin]

My T has told me a few times that sometimes I will probably leave a session in a horrible space other times not. For me it depends on what was discussed...if it has been a painful session then I feel like crap after. If it was a light session then I feel fine. When it is a tough session, T seems to give us a few minutes at the end of it to talk about something lighter..

Very different for me too. (Unlike after a workout, when I always feel worse in every way!)
However, I almost always feel something, whether it is misery, hope, relief, or something else. With my previous T I left the room and usually felt nothing, and didn't think about therapy for a week. Well, more or less anyway.

Edited to add: When I have had a session that leaves me feeling awful, like I will never get better, I have learnt that that won't last, though. There will be sessions when I leave with a sense that I am getting better.

It varies for me too, I can leave feeling awful or better.
Therapy at the moment for me is so rough so I leave feeling worse.

[brillskep]

Usually after sessions with my T I feel energized, happy, and confident.
It depends on the session though. I might feel grateful or guilty or upset or disappointed or angry or something else after some sessions.
No matter the exact emotion, I almost always need a lot of free time after the session to process the experience. Sometimes I can't have much, but a couple of hours of free time are really necessary for me after a session. I can normally arrange that since I make my own schedule.

[RFS711]

I feel so relieved after a session. Sometimes shakey too. Then a couple days later I miss my therapist so I get sad again.

Usually, I feel absolutely miserable and sad but also feel like someone has listened to me and cares.

[llanjay8]

I always feel exhausted. There's been one or two times when I felt incredibly miserable, anxious and overtired. However, I usually feel calmer and more in control, and less stressed. I do generally feel shell shocked and sometimes sick after sessions though - it's the days after when I start reaping the benefits.

[RTerroni]

I felt pretty good after today's session, although we didn't have anything really hard to talk about.

[Mactastic]

It depends. Some days I walk to my car fighting tears, other days I float back on cloud 9.

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[Aloneandafraid]

Originally Posted by Petra5ed

I've felt sick, exhausted. I've come home and fallen asleep midday. Generally though, I just feel frustrated with myself.

I usually feel wiped out afterwards and very irritable! I just feel kind of unsettled for a couple of days after - then by the time it's time to see her again (7 days) I am almost okay before it all starts again. I also feel the need to text her after I have seen her - maybe to hold on to some form of connection? It hurts.