Do any of you get sleepy after therapy?

[Mee]

My willow, my t too suggests I don’t drive after therapy in certain circumstances. Her main stipulation for this is when I detach from.feeling and approach what she feels is a trauma response and just feels confusing and numb to me. Then she tells me to go and get a cup of tea/ coffee at a cafe.

Therapy is hard work. Addressing core beliefs is hard work. When it's not hard work I feel less inspired.

But yes; this makes it exhausting.

 

[eirecolleen]

I am assuming this is dissociation of some type? For the second time, after therapy today, driv...

I also have this feeling after therapy, needing to be alone, feeling like I have just run a marathon. I don't think of what was said at therapy, just need sleep and comfort. I see it as a way that I comfort myself after speaking about something difficult. Afterwards later, I can look at what was said in therapy and can only take this in a paced, controlled thought process way. I am new to this forum and have been receiving therapy, most recent to do with my experience of the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland. Even though PTSD is relatively high in Northern Ireland, until now I have felt alone in this. Only now have I managed to find the right support and I am hoping to find others from here who feel similar, in that anyone who have been silent about it for many years...

 

[alienplantnapper]

I do this too. Last week it happened right in the middle of therapy...
I suddenly feel insanely sleepy and tried and struggle top be awake. .i had always assumed it was depression.. but maybe depression doesn't do a sudden thing like that...i dunno.

 

[Enaila]

I told my T at end of session today she had exhausted me. I started session out in a different way and started to panic as my mind was blocking everything. Scared me. By end of session I was doing better, but can hardly keep eyes open now.

 

[hithere]

wow. this topic is so timely! I had a very "light" therapy session today. I only shared how I had been doing well, and how I finally understand that I can't push through, that I have to go slowly. It was only a session about how I finally understand things about my relationship with the therapist. I wanted to go into deep trauma work, as I always do, but I didn't and then we just talked about a goal I have in my life right now. That's it. Nothing hard AT ALL. As soon as If left the session I was hit with intense need to SLEEP. This has happened many times. I think I may have a "part" that makes me go to sleep. Or, sleep is where healing occurs whether it's a broken bone, the flu, or emotional healing, or grief. When I'm sleeping that is when healing dreams come and put things in order for me. I tried to work after therapy today and finally after two hours of fumbling around in the office, I just up and left. As soon as I came in the door I DOVE into bed and pulled the covers over my head. I also am craving food and alcohol. I caved in and decided a small buzz cannot hurt me. I feel like I need it. if weed was legal i'd be lighting up.

 

[Still Standing]

Thanks for all the sharing. Glad to know I am not alone in getting sleepy after therapy. It worried me. It is hard to understand how much the effort in therapy equates to physical exhaustion.

 

[MrMoonlight]

I'm completely drained after an emdr session typically continuing through the following day. My therapist yesterday noticed how exhausted I looked after our 60min.