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Aug 05, 2019, 03:45 PM
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Therapy Hangover? The struggle is real.
What are your symptoms? I feel drained, maybe feeling like I was drugged at times, sometimes a mild headache, I feel like I am walking in a fog. If I hand any pep before I went in sometimes it is lost. In the past when always in a crisis and feeling like dying the opposite of the above is true. I can walk out feeling like a veil has been lifted. I could list more but I have therapy hangover at the moment.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
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Aug 05, 2019, 04:01 PM
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Drained, drugged and in a haze.
Feeling abandoned. Feeling unimportant. Crying in my car on the drive home. Inability to focus or have normal conversations. Night panic and night sweats. Withdrawal from others. Painful rumination of therapy topics. Obsessing over the session. Frequent need to take time off from my job. |
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#3
Aug 05, 2019, 04:12 PM
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
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Aug 05, 2019, 04:15 PM
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Super emotional and yeah kinda hazy. And feel rather exhausted. And needy.
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Aug 05, 2019, 04:34 PM
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Super raw emotions, feeling abandon, and scared
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Aug 05, 2019, 04:36 PM
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Usually very sleepy and don't want to do anything, except for sit around, think about my session and relax.
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Aug 05, 2019, 06:12 PM
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I get headaches and I obsess over the session. It doesn't help that I have OCD. I feel Spacey and unable to focus on anything.
I try to read, color or watch a show. But, there isn't much that helps. |
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Aug 05, 2019, 06:17 PM
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I usually feel like I'm in a fog. I feel sleepy or tired. I want to be alone. I want to curl up under the blankets and not talk to anyone and not have anyone talk to me. I often feel like crying but can't. I feel like I'm fragile or vulnerable. I feel like I would very easily break. I think about the session a lot. Go over it in my head. I think about the connection or lack thereof with my T and how that feels. Sometimes I want a shower or a bath. Sometimes I just want to zone out and watch TV or something. Occasionally I will want something to drink like coffee or something with caffeine because I feel so drained. That's usually if I have to do something after therapy.
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