[unpredictable]

Well, I had my first session today. I was able to talk about alot of my history. I was dissapointed when it was over especially since I was in the middle of a story. But now I know where I'll be starting next time. We were setting up the next meeting and when he said next week my heart sank cause I didn't feel like I could wait that long. But then he when on to say "or latter this week?" Obviously I opted for this week and I was relieved. I think it was good that I'd seen a couselor a long time ago and talked to a few pastors so it wasn't totally new for me to tell my story. However, I was so nervous, which he picked up on. It would have been nearly impossible not to notice. I'm relieved that he seems intelligent and he also seems to notice that I'm rather intelligent too.

Ok, so I'm really glad I finally got to meet him and it went really well. Its funny, cause I went over so much and yet as soon as I left I started thinking of so many other things I want to mention. The bummer is that this was just the initial consultation so its not like he's giving me any advice yet or anything to think about or work on. Like part of my problem is not being able to sleep so for now I still am going to have that problem.

So, I just wanted to share my experience.

[Perna]

Maybe you'll be able to sleep better. Getting a lot of that out might help? The story isn't always the important part, how you tell it and what detail you give it or don't, what you gloss over, etc. is what they listen for; what emotions you have while telling.

Half the time when I've told a new T my story the first thing they say is, "You didn't say anything about your father or brothers". LOL. Yeah, and your point is?

So when do you go later this week? I hope it goes more the way you want.

[WildSummerRoses]

I know how you feel about not working on the symptom. So I mentioned to my T that I needed something now, and she offered to give me #'s to pysch that could prescribe meds. But I opted to go to my Dr. I don't know how easy something like that would be in the real world(I'm an army wife), but relief for the symptoms is a dr. visit away. Of course this is just helping with the effects of the problem, but it makes life more livable.