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My therapist allows and encourages texting. It has been very helpful for me. I would think it would depend on what the patient issues are as to whether it would be appropriate. What works for one person isn't always helpful or good for another person. Our text conversations are brief and maybe...

@Jane.l I was just wondering how you are doing and how your last visit went. I am having the same issue. My last appt is Thursday before my therapist leaves for two weeks and I am really nervous about it. I don't want to be left hanging or feel undone and I definitely want to be prepared for the...

My hair is finally growing back too! I didn't stop taking my thyroid medicine but my dose was cut back. I am so happy. Losing my hair was just one more thing to be discouraged about and I am so glad it is improving. I am glad you are experiencing the same. It is nice to have some positives...

I am so sorry for your loss. That is heartbreaking! They are such important people in our lives...sometimes the only people in our lives that we trust. I hope you will find some comfort and peace in the days ahead.

I just went through this. For me it was "July". My trauma anniversary month and my therapist leaving for two weeks. I stressed about "July " for a couple of months. I was so grateful when I finally couldn't hold it in anymore and sobbed telling my therapist I would miss him and I was afraid of...

For me the fear of the pain I think I will experience in dealing with my past has almost always been worse than the pain actually is when I deal with it. I remember when I finally felt like I had told my therapist all of my secrets. I thought it was going to be horrible and it was really hard...

I never cried very much at all then about 6 months into therapy I had a week where all I did was cry.....stupid 30 second commercials on tv sometimes would get me going. My therapist said the same thing as yours. I had a lot of tears that needed to come out. Now I am fine for a couple of weeks...

@forwardmotion462 that is very possible and with a dental procedure that will be one less thing to worry about!!! I don't handle the dentist well and I find that taking my iPod and headphones and putting my playlist on repeat is very helpful and relaxing even when I am sedated.

There are medications that can reverse versed as well as medications that can chill you out if you start to have that kind of reaction....truthfully some use them some only keep them in a kit for emergencies. So I would specifically ask "if I start to have a reaction to the versed what is the...

For sure the door has to be closed. Most nights it has to be locked. I wish I didn't think about it so much actually.

I work in medicine and assist in surgeries where versed is our most commonly used drug. Versed is not a pain killer though so we always use a combination of other drugs to control that. Our docs are great but I know of other docs that don't do enough for pain control in my opinion during...

My insurance is not paying for my therapy right now but one hour wasn't it doing it for me. I meet twice a week with my therapist now. One day for one hour and then later in the week for two hours. It has made the biggest difference. I am really broke doing this though and it does stress me out...

Very profound. I have read this four or five times already! Gives me a lot to think about. Thanks so much for posting!

Your email resonates with me. It is so hard to juggle life on the outside which I do seem to manage most of the time ...all the while processing all the csa stuff on the inside. I love my parents but they too turned a blind eye and because of that I suffered way more than I needed to. It is...

That is awesome. Being able to say no brings so much freedom. I am still working on it! Congrats to you!

Sending good thoughts your way. I had a tough week with similar issues. You are so right!! Taking care of these traumatized yet healing bodies is so difficult! I also realized this week I haven't slept very well. I haven't eaten well. I can't decide which comes first....I don't eat and sleep...

Makes perfect sense to me as well. This is the same experience I have with my therapist. In fact his consistency often catches me off guard and I don't know how to react to that! I am getting used to it. I love it and at the same time struggle with it.

This time last year I was having my first session with a new therapist after a 10 year absence from therapy. I am so grateful I decided to try "one last time". I have learned more working with him in the last year than all of the therapist I tried before combined. Last year I was walking...

I am 43. The last time I cut was 26 years ago...the day after I was raped....that is until 2 weeks ago. I was proud of myself because I am finally in a place in therapy where I don't dissociate as much and I thought it would be a blessing....and it will be when I figure out how to manage...

Not being understood has made me feel totally invisible. Therapy is helping me feel "seen" for the first time. Although it has been scary. Being invisible has its perks when you are scared of being hurt. I am surrounded by people all of the time. I have people who would consider me their close...

Great question.....I don't have a great answer unfortunately because I am still trying to figure that out myself. I just had an experience this weekend that made me doubt whether it was worth it or not because it was so painful but then I also had to remind myself that I was feeling which I...

I spent several months in therapy not feeling...then I spent time starting to feel but definitely not allowing myself to cry...I think I saw crying as a weakness and I didn't want to feel sorry for myself. Now it seems like I can't get through a session without crying...which actually feels...

I am sorry to say that I don't have an answer for you...only that you are not alone. I have had very similar experiences and had this feeling of being in trouble or shame wash over me. I have been working on more immediate things with my therapist but your post reminded that this is something I...

I love double sessions. I feel like I get so much more accomplished and that I always leave more grounded. Seems like that is hard for me to do in the traditional hour as it always takes me about ten to 15 minutes to settle in and then ten to fifteen to feel grounded before I leave which doesn't...

You should have told me sooner. Be grateful it could have been so much worse. Why are you over-reacting? If you just had a positive attitude. God would help you with your negative ones. God just gives us all different challenges. This must be yours. What is wrong with you?