[lu2415]

Hello,

I'm wondering if anyone here has a terribly difficult time functioning the day after a therapy session?

I have a great therapist who I really like and is extremely patient with me in session and goes at the pace that I'm comfortable, but I still find myself having a really, really hard time for a day or two after therapy. It's hard to explain, but I feel like I'm in a fog, anxious, extra-sensitive to EVERYTHING and I just generally don't want to be around people. It takes everything in me just to get through the work day.

I should add that talking about how I feel and sharing about myself in general is extremely scary for me, and I guess I'm wondering if this might be part of it?

Has anyone else experienced anything like this and have any tips?

[Cinnamon_Stick]

I get 'Therapy depression" after a session most times. An hour is not enough time to talk about and process what I need to. I leave feeling like there is more that I should have said and I miss my T. I try and think about my next session and plan it better.

[AuroraBorealis75]

Very much so. I find it takes me several days to recover after therapy, and then I spend the next few days longing to see her again so I can talk about more stuff that's gonna make me feel like crap, just so I can have that one hour of someone's undivided and compassionate attention.

[LonesomeTonight]

Originally Posted by Cinnamon_Stick

I get 'Therapy depression" after a session most times. An hour is not enough time to talk about and process what I need to. I leave feeling like there is more that I should have said and I miss my T. I try and think about my next session and plan it better.

That's a good term for what I experience, "therapy depression." My brain is still working on what we talked about, so I often e-mail T after our session with what I thought of on the way home. And then it's like, ugh, I have to wait another week to actually discuss that. Plus the whole only 50-minute thing. The depression is more intense with my marriage counselor, for whom I have some paternal and erotic transference. I tend to feel, like, warm and fuzzy for the first couple hours after a session. But then the night after a session, I feel almost like withdrawal or something. Like I feel lonely and want to be able to talk to him. I usually have T one or two days after I see him, so it helps me through that (and seeing him before T helps me work through missing T).

[nottrustin]

I frequently feel this way. First I think about what I forgot to bring up. I also feel frustrated at the way I responded to her questions. Especially if she asks what I am feeling or to designee my pain; I go blank and just say I don't know.

If I go into a session not feeling great to begin with it only compounds the issue. Especially sine the last few weeks I have been trying so hard to not contact between sessions.

[Suraya]

I get a depressed feeling, mostly because I feel I didn't get to share enough in my short hour and I have to wait an entire week to see her again.

[wheeler]

Yes, most definitely. I like to refer to it has my therapy hangover. Sometimes it's more intense than others times, that's usually when I've had a very disruptive session. For me, sometimes just the act of leaving is hard, I have a lot of attachment issues. What has help for me sometimes is texting T and letting her know what's going on.

I think at some point therapy should help you feel better not worse. Have you talked about this with your therapist?