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I take Sertraline to control anxiety as it was giving me terrible heart palpitations, plus the usual worrying about everything, insomnia, etc. My side effects initially were nausea, upset stomach, occasional mind zaps, and total lack of libido. I already suffer from RLS but it seems to be worse...

You're lucky if your T feels hugs / contact is ok. I had a discussion last time with my T regarding our EMDR and me being scared in case I end up a bubbling wreck. He knows I hate the thought of losing control of myself & my emotions. This makes me block / resist some parts of therapy. He asked...

I struggle to verbalise some emotional stuff, so I often write down what I want to tell my T, and take it to the next session for him to read. This way I know I've had time to write it down how I want it to be understood, in my own time.

hi, just wondering how your session went with the new T? :)

that sounds rather unprofessional on her behalf!! I'd be tempted to report her behaviour to a higher authority. Not sure what that would be in the USA, sorry. Hugs for you, if you want them - its not an easy journey even with sympathetic therapists.

hello. :) I take 50mg per day of Sertraline, normally with my evening meal, as this is what works best for me in terms of managing the nausea and stomach upsets. As the day progresses and heads towards evening I sometimes feel slightly down - almost as if the Sertraline is at its lowest level...

hi, I don't take Prozac, however I do take Zoloft / Sertraline and have the same feeling of apathy, and lack of libido. I just don't feel much! However, I can still cry when upset about personal stuff. I just don't seem to feel much towards others, or even maintain decent thought patterns...

I go outside of my body and am alongside, observing. I don't disassociate very often to be fair. I do sometimes get "looking through the wrong end of binoculars" vision - no idea if there is a better way to explain this, but it is literally as if I cannot control my focus, and everything is tiny.

I was on Sertaline (Zoloft) last Autumn until January at just 25mg / day. The doctor wanted me to take 50mg / day but I couldn't cope with the nausea and insomnia / hyperness. I cant imagine being able to stomach 100 or 200 mg per day! How do you cope?? I stopped in January as I felt like I was...

I'm sure Scotland has more than one T to go around. :p The one I see is lovely but is not based in my town and does one or two days a week here, so my appointments tend to be far apart due to high demand when he is in town.

@Lucycat- I also use texts or email messages from my T as a source of comfort. Often it's the reaching out and getting a reply that soothes rather than the actual words. I have always had soft toys as a source of comfort, although I don't actively cuddle them as an adult. Recently I have felt...

I agree with rainy-daze, it should never be about your T. They are there to help you, not for you to learn about them! All I learnt about my T was that he had children so could relate to my issues around parenting.

Ghotiff has described knitting and crochet, so I'll add: cross stitch is literally following a colour coded pattern to create a picture on material with little cross (x) stitches. You use embroidery thread and a fairly thick needle depending on your backing material. I am doing one that is a...

Reading Visiting various websites / forums Playing with my dog Eddie Caring for my horses Playing matching games, like candy crush, on my phone or tablet About two years ago I started a cross stitch pattern. I intend to take it up again this winter and hopefully finish it!

Thank you both for your replies. I've not been díagnosed with PTSD, but see my T for GAD, low self esteem, poor body image and several similar things. We've been working on my negative thought patterns and constant worrying using CBT for 18 months now. I only see him every four weeks or so, so...

I worry about everything I have or will do wrong, and feel constant guilt. I even feel guilt for things I didn't do, for example if someone complains about something in my office that I have no connection with. The guilt means I apologise a lot, e.g. to my T for bothering him if I email or text...

Hello, I'm fairly new to this forum, but have found many of the threads very useful. :tup: I currently see a therapist who uses CBT but recently we have discussed EMDR. If I don't want to (or can't) do EMDR he has also suggested Trauma Focused CBT. Does anyone have experience of this, and how...

@Santa_Laurie hello, would you mind PM me some of your grounding techniques too please? I am about to start EMDR with my T of 18 months - he knows me well. I had our first session last week but could not establish the safe place. T suggested we may have to look at alternatives to the safe place.

I pay for private therapy so can only really manage one hour per month. I am about to start EMDR therapy and I think the sessions need to be closer together to be any use. It's a point to discuss on Monday and it may mean I have to dip into my savings... :depressed: Edited to add: earlier this...

Hello KwanYingirl, I didn't have a problem writing it down really, as I wrote it in the third person. I.e Polly went there and then that happened. I had been seeing my T for a year before I wrote and read it to him, partly because it was a repressed memory that emerged late in the year. I was...

I'm really struggling to get to sleep most nights now since starting Sertraline last week. I was feeling tired last night and went to bed at 9pm, and was still lying there at 12.30! My restless leg syndrome is terrible at night now too. :arghh;

I haven't heard of any UK therapists doing this, but then I don't know many! Like Digger suggested, there would be the issue of privacy which would concern me greatly.

Could you write down your thoughts, or keywords to be read by your therapist? Or perhaps send them an email of the things you'd like to discuss but find difficult to introduce. I take a list of a few things I want to discuss to each session. As my appointments are about 4 weeks apart its...

I become so aware of them looking at me and I start to get self conscious and have to break eye contact. Partly because I have such low self esteem - I'm worried that they are assessing my features, noticing my bad skin, etc. :(

My therapist is lovely and easy to talk to. At times, usually when he is talking, I can meet his eyes for a few moments, but if I am talking I tend to look at the floor, my hand on the armrest, his shoes, or my shoes if my legs are crossed.