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Oct 03, 2014, 03:02 AM
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What do you do with details that hit you again in the middle of the night?
I feel stupid. I called my t and left a message asking how she feels about details because my last t didn't want to know them... I feel stupid coz it's the middle of the night and I could have waited till our session to ask her, but I've been meaning to ask for a while now and never got to it. I feel stupid because it's easier to talk to her voice mail than it is to her. I feel stupid because that's the third call this week... I should have it more together by now 
Last edited by ThisWayOut; Oct 03, 2014 at 03:19 AM. |
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Oct 03, 2014, 04:06 AM
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I write them down and more often than not, email it to my T pretty soon after. If not immediately. I find it helps me to step back sometimes just to share it. Would that be an option?
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Oct 03, 2014, 04:12 AM
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T doesn't do email. I'd have to show her in session... that might happen, though we have something else planned for this week and that's really important to me too. Maybe we can combine the two things.
Thanks StillIRise |
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Oct 03, 2014, 08:36 AM
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Sounds like a plan. If I wasn't able to email, I'd be taking reams of stuff with me to session because I just have to write in between sessions. My T always says that therapy doesn't mean much if you're doing nothing in between sessions. Hope it goes ok ThisWayOut. |
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Oct 03, 2014, 10:42 AM
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I want to cry my eyes out. Wrote down that stuff to take to T, but not sure I can show her. I don't see her till tomorrow, and it feels like forever away. I miss being able to write to my old T between sessions. It felt like someone else knew, even if she didn't read it right away (or ever, since she didn't want details, I would warn her if it was details coming her way and tell her she didn't have to read further, but that I needed to "tell" someone...). This just feels like I'm still the only one holding it all right now.
I know this T generally doesn't call back if it's something that's better addressed in session, and I know I told her I wasn't looking for a call-back, but in the light of day, I really wish she'd call and have something, anything that would make the rest of the time till session more bearable. This has been such a ****** week... Sorry, I'm just whining... Thanks again for your support. |
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Oct 04, 2014, 11:07 PM
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T canceled today because she was sick. Now I have to wait til Tuesday.
Did the next best thing, went to the beach and enjoyed the break it gives my head. Wish the relief felt at the beach was enough motivation to go more often. |
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Oct 05, 2014, 03:39 PM
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I write stuff down to share with my T later. I am lucky that mine accepts e-mails. When I wake up in the middle of the night, pulse racing, nightmare turning into a night terror and I feel like my brain is about to explode out of my skull, I call the local crisis line. They are nice, and help me talk it through. Please try not to be too hard on yourself. Two things my T said to me, that I have considered and started to embrace: 1. I can't have gone through what I went through and expect it NOT to greatly effect me. It's OK that I am a little bit of a mess. 2. I am the hero of my story. I survived it, and have gone on to be a good person, even if I have scars and ghosts. I am sure these apply to you as well. |
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