Have You Fallen Asleep in Session?

Nov 18, 2015, 06:32 PM

Yes. My therapist and i both did, because we had an emergency session that lasted til about 2 a.m., and we both fell asleep and took a nap for a few minutes.

iheartjacques · Nov 18, 2015, 07:03 PM

God no, he asks me such probing questions, it's an effort for me to stay in my chair and not bolt from the room. I can't imagine he would let me relax that much!

velcro003 · Nov 18, 2015, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JaneTennison1

I do get the crushing exhaustion sometimes in the last 15 minutes of therapy or right after I leave. I honestly can't do anything but sleep, I've never slept in therapy though just after.

Yes, sometimes I feel like my body weighs 1 million pounds and I can barely peel myself off her couch. Because my brain hates me, I can never sleep after a session no matter how tired I am (and they are on Saturdays!)

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Originally Posted by pbutton

I can relate to your reaction!! I stumbled across this concept in some book not too long ago. It blew my mind. It had not ever crossed my mind. I am one to fall asleep repeatedly during family gatherings, during turbulence on a plane, and as a passenger during frightening driving conditions - situations where I am so scared that you'd assume the raging anxiety would certainly keep me awake. But if I have no option to "rescue" myself, my next defense is to become unconscious. I even did it one night when I was upset and T unexpectedly responded to my late night message, asking me trying to call him. I emailed him that i was fine (not true) and then INSTANTLY transitioned from nyuncontrollable anxious shaking crying to 100% completely asleep. Seriously, it was about a minute and a half later. Confused the hell out of my husband.

Wow. That is fascinating. I have never heard of this.

skeksi · Nov 18, 2015, 07:35 PM

I definitely get drowsy when I dissociate. I've never fallen asleep in session, but I've felt so tired I was afraid I would nod off. I asked and T said if I did fall asleep, he'd wake me when it was time for the session to end. I found that comforting.

atisketatasket · Nov 18, 2015, 07:52 PM

No, but I have wanted to. Just become overwhelmingly tired and sleepy. Might be dissociation.

laxer12 · Nov 18, 2015, 09:37 PM

I never fall asleep that easily unless I'm watching a movie so it would never happen in T. I was extremely tired the other day though and would have almost preferred to have gone to bed

SheHulk07 · Nov 18, 2015, 09:56 PM

No, never, even when I've been super sick from infusions or seeing him a few days after surgery. I couldn't imagine falling a sleep in the uncomfortable chairs!

Nov 18, 2015, 10:01 PM

I have not, but I most definitely would be able to. Especially when she drummed for me recently, I was so relaxed, I could have easily gone to sleep except for I wanted to talk instead!

Nov 19, 2015, 12:16 AM

Never... Usually I'm too uncomfortable psychologically, so my weariness fades and I get absorbed into the session.

emlou019 · Nov 19, 2015, 05:36 AM

Its funny. I have felt incredibly tired during a session. I drain a lot of emotional energy, so I do sometimes feel my eyes sting.

nervous puppy · Nov 19, 2015, 07:47 AM

Never. I would never be comfortable enough in session! If I felt that tired, I'd be falling asleep driving there, and in that case I'd call and re-schedule.

Chummy · Nov 19, 2015, 02:18 PM

Never. I couldn't fall asleep there, all the T's were looking at me the whole time of the session. I have sit in session very sleepy, it was hard not to go lie down on the ground and close my eyes.

Walking Man · Nov 19, 2015, 04:50 PM

I can fall asleep pretty much anywhere. I once fell asleep standing up in a hallway listening to the tour guide at the Uffizi gallery in Florence (I was sick, jet lagged, and hadn't slept at all the night before.) I can't imagine falling asleep in therapy though because I have to work so hard trying to put things into words.

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