lol, it happened every time before I went for the bus to see her, and I saw her for 14 sessions :bag::sick:
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13ReasonsWhyNot
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Ohhhh man, I think that might explain yesterday. I had off and on nausea all day but didn't tie it to this. I'm sorry you go through this stuff too!
Oh now that's inconvenient. I hope it was over by the time you caught the bus!
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I'm going to hit 3 years in April of therapy. I don't write my appointments down but have a vague idea of when they are coming up before I get the reminder email/text. I still get anxious about it. I never know what is going to come up. Because of cost and effectiveness of the process I'm more direct. My relationship with my therapist is the oddest one I have. She knows everything about me and I know nothing about her. I all say it has been one of the best things I've done.
NightSky
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I’ve been with my T 2.5 years. She’s amazing. I hate when sessions are canceled. But before every session I am extremely nervous. Seems paradoxical. I thought it would lessen over time but so far it hasn’t.
Friday
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My anxiety redlines a couple of days before my appt., and doesn't settle until a couple of days after.
Redlining for me =
- Shakes, shits, & pukes, oh my.
- HR double to triple my normal.
- Inability to think beyond this exact instant in time with any reliability.
- Emotionally reactive as f*ck. I generally either need/want to shred someone or off myself. If I can pull it all inward so it doesn't leak out on others, that's best-ish (comparitively), but then I usually end up curled into a ball of muscle spasms, gritting my teeth until they break, fighting for any kind of self control.
Essentially? I get sick as hell, because my sympathetic nervous system has decided to strap on the sandpaper condom.
Dysregulation. So much fun.
Redlining for me =
- Shakes, shits, & pukes, oh my.
- HR double to triple my normal.
- Inability to think beyond this exact instant in time with any reliability.
- Emotionally reactive as f*ck. I generally either need/want to shred someone or off myself. If I can pull it all inward so it doesn't leak out on others, that's best-ish (comparitively), but then I usually end up curled into a ball of muscle spasms, gritting my teeth until they break, fighting for any kind of self control.
Essentially? I get sick as hell, because my sympathetic nervous system has decided to strap on the sandpaper condom.
Dysregulation. So much fun.
UnicornSightings
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I was anxious every single day and loved my t. I think it’s just a normal therapy thing.
MrMoonlight
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@Friday do you know if somatization and the sympathetic nervous system are one in the same or different.? Does somatization cause the sympathetic nervous system to do these things (nausea, vomiting..etc) or is somatization using a different method to cause nausea, vomiting..etc.?
Just wondering if I am correctly identifying the cause of some of my symptoms. Thanks.
UnicornSightings
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You guys who say you get the runs.... omg thank you lol!!!!! Thought I was weird. Nearly every week....
I don't experience any conscious awareness of anxiety, not the sort of anxiety where I feel it, like with a panic attack. But, I do get really severe insomnia the night before every therapy session. I usually wind up being up all night and then going to therapy dead-tired the next day.
Friday
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Quick (incomplete) Breakdown of the Central Nervous System (CNS)..
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) = Brain & Spinal Cord & Nerves
In an emergency? The sympathetic nervous system YANKS all available resources to itself. And some very predictable things happen.
- All of your blood? Gets pulled into your core. That not only provides vital oxygen & nutrients to your vital organs and biggest muscles, but prevents a LOT of bleeding, should you get cut. Even big bad serious cuts will ooze instead of gush your life out, because your body has pulled it close. <<< A few side effects of that? You'll be pale & cold, unless you're moving.
- Your digestive system shuts off almost completely. Total waste of energy (and digestion is 1:2 biggest energy sucks the body has, the other is ratiocination). Part of this process includes "voiding" ie Puking, pissing yourself, & shitting yourself. Piss scared & shit scared? Ain't just a turn of phrase. The harder your sympathetic system has turned on? The harder the void response. If you're just a little nervous? Like going for a job interview? You'll need to pee, almost constantly. Before getting ready, before leaving the house, before you check in with reception, maybe even after checking in with reception, etc. If you're flat out terrified? Yep. New pants needed. <<< A few side effects of this? Voiding (as mentioned) to various degrees, also no appetite, which includes dry-mouth (no need to be all lubricated, if nothing is sliding down tube!).get
- Your lungs completely change the blood gas mix & dilate like crazy to fascinate that (ie short shallow breaths, hyper oxygenate your blood (more POWER! Go go go! Muscles burn it! NOW!) ...whilst raising co2 levels... Which regulates the feeling of "needing" to breathe. So if you can't breathe for an extended period of time? No worries. (Strangled, drowning, crushed, etc.) It literally buys you MINUTES of consciousness -to save your ass- without air. Of course, the downside of hyperventilating is that if you *arent* running/fighting for your life? You'll get dizzy & pass out.
- Your heart beats faster to propel super-oxygenated blood to everywhere that needs it
- Immune System Shuts off (ever wonder why if you go to the gym for a couple hours when you're not sure if you're gonna have a cold or not, you get a cold? That's why). Most of the time the immune system shuttin off here and there throughout the day is no worries. But people under high levels of stress? Get sick... A lot... Very commonly.
List goes on, actually, but sound familiar?
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) = Brain & Spinal Cord & Nerves
- Somatic Nervous System (SNS) = Motor cortex, most muscles, conscious movement
- Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) = Every function that happens automatically
- Parasympathetic Nervous System = Rest & Digest
- Sympathetic Nervous System = Fight or Flight
In an emergency? The sympathetic nervous system YANKS all available resources to itself. And some very predictable things happen.
- All of your blood? Gets pulled into your core. That not only provides vital oxygen & nutrients to your vital organs and biggest muscles, but prevents a LOT of bleeding, should you get cut. Even big bad serious cuts will ooze instead of gush your life out, because your body has pulled it close. <<< A few side effects of that? You'll be pale & cold, unless you're moving.
- Your digestive system shuts off almost completely. Total waste of energy (and digestion is 1:2 biggest energy sucks the body has, the other is ratiocination). Part of this process includes "voiding" ie Puking, pissing yourself, & shitting yourself. Piss scared & shit scared? Ain't just a turn of phrase. The harder your sympathetic system has turned on? The harder the void response. If you're just a little nervous? Like going for a job interview? You'll need to pee, almost constantly. Before getting ready, before leaving the house, before you check in with reception, maybe even after checking in with reception, etc. If you're flat out terrified? Yep. New pants needed. <<< A few side effects of this? Voiding (as mentioned) to various degrees, also no appetite, which includes dry-mouth (no need to be all lubricated, if nothing is sliding down tube!).get
- Your lungs completely change the blood gas mix & dilate like crazy to fascinate that (ie short shallow breaths, hyper oxygenate your blood (more POWER! Go go go! Muscles burn it! NOW!) ...whilst raising co2 levels... Which regulates the feeling of "needing" to breathe. So if you can't breathe for an extended period of time? No worries. (Strangled, drowning, crushed, etc.) It literally buys you MINUTES of consciousness -to save your ass- without air. Of course, the downside of hyperventilating is that if you *arent* running/fighting for your life? You'll get dizzy & pass out.
- Your heart beats faster to propel super-oxygenated blood to everywhere that needs it
- Immune System Shuts off (ever wonder why if you go to the gym for a couple hours when you're not sure if you're gonna have a cold or not, you get a cold? That's why). Most of the time the immune system shuttin off here and there throughout the day is no worries. But people under high levels of stress? Get sick... A lot... Very commonly.
List goes on, actually, but sound familiar?
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