Do you ever dread therapy?

[UnicornSightings]

some would say that you're already going in with a wrong frame of mind....ugh. I hate those people...

Hahaha! I totally hate people as well. That’s what I’m in therapy for. Well, among many other things.

Yes.

I dread it.

My ex inevitably comes up and I’m sick of talking about him!

But my thera...

I hate when my mom comes up! It’s such a heavy topic!!! Like I immediately regret it.

 

[Stephernovas]

honestly advocating for yourself, especially with mental health, is a HUGE piss off. I want to shake them and be like WOW can you not see the systemic issues here? You are blocking me from receiving care because you don't believe me. Yes, all my physical issues are there due to PTSD...and I'm crazy, because I have PTSD....UGHGHGAHJSDFK:ADHFASHDGFHDSFHADS!!! *angry face*

 

[UnicornSightings]

honestly advocating for yourself, especially with mental health, is a HUGE piss off. I want to sha...

I hear you.

 

[Freida]

Just today as a matter of fact! I had two really tough sessions last week and this is the first day I've felt like a human again. Really didn't want her to mess it up. Then at the last minute she had to cancel - yeah! I know therapy is a necessary evil - but it was one I was happy to skip today

 

[Stephernovas]

therapy is a necessary evil

Tell me about it. I usually go every Friday, and my therapist had to cancel last week. I thought I was doing okay, but without her I found I had a rollercoaster ride. So much emotion, panic, self-loathing, and etc...

I feel sorry for her when she finally gets to ask how I've been....lmao.

 

[Sweetleaf]

Look forward to it? :confused::rolleyes::bag:

In the beginning the sessions made me feel better afterwards, so I saw going as a good thing rather than something that's really hard to do.

I’m so sorry you’re going through that, it all sounds so intense! I’m glad you relate although I feel bad, mine isn’t necessarily about trauma I’ve talked about as much as fear of being close or liking my therapist. Props to you for being brave for SURE!

Thanks for the kind words. Don't feel bad lol, you still have valid reasons to dread going in.

 

[Deleted member 37474]

I look forward to it until she pushes exposure therapy on me. Then I hate it. I usually flat out r...

This is me with my emdr.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

used to dread it all the time
nowadays with new T I end up wondering what the dread was about after each session and feeling silly

 

[Sweetleaf]

This is me with my emdr.

I feel like I'm going to become like that with EMDR, too. So far every time my therapist has tried it, it's gone really badly and I feel really distressed afterwards.

 

[Freida]

EMDR is brutal I'll admit. But when it works it is like a huge WHAM in your head and then suddenly whatever you were working on seem so much less important. You still remember it, and you have feelings but its like the volume has gone from a 10 to a 1. I just did a session last week about something that had come up in my now life that triggered my then life. Within 30 minutes it was not longer making me crazy with guilt and I came away with a better, less painful, understanding of the situation.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I was so terrified of doing the EMDR but it was the best therapy for me at that time because of the results I now experience. I have a CBT therapist and have had her for many years and usually look forwards to therapy now and feel always better afterwards. I do not see her as often as I would like to though.

 

[MyWillow]

I have a hate/hate relationship with therapy ;)

I love this. Nailed it. I have a great T but even so...