Winding Down After Therapy?

[Jadepnk]

Hey all,

What do you guys do to wind down and try to relax after a rough therapy session? I could definitely use a few tips.

Thanks.

 

[CAFTT0607]

Typically time to myself not really doing much of anything, maybe reading a book cause I like to read...but definitely away from the wife and kids, nothing against them...but got to have space after something like that. Usually my therapy is in the afternoon so pretty much the rest of the day I am shot. And the families knows and are cool with it.

Before Zoloft it was binge drinking...but that hasn't happend in about 9 weeks which is pretty good.

 

[Need an Oasis]

I read, cook/bake, or play with my dog. Sometimes all three in no particular order. The main thing is to be by myself, not having to talk to anyone (other than my dog :)).

 

[Zipperhead]

I cook. Fringe benifit is I'm not bad at cooking, so I get to eat a good meal when it's all said and done.

 

[Wagon]

A loooooong walk. Every time. Walk and think. Wear myself out and try not to derail. Therapy kind of drives me to drink....so I struggle on the walk not to derail into a bar. Mostly successful.

 

[Tim Cake]

Dog walking and wood carving (making Black Forest cuckoo clocks) offers me respite after any stressful experience.
Hmm-mm....PTSD and cuckoo....?!@!

 

[Anglesachse]

I allways used to park quite a walk away from my therapist. And use the walk to the motor to clear some of the shit in the head.

 

[Jadepnk]

Thanks guys. This will help quite a bit I think. I'm a single mom to a two year old, so that wasn't really an option for me this week. And my lil man goes with his dad at the end of the week for the next three months, so I've just been stressing all around... But I'm definitely going to try some of these in the future.

Thank you kindly!

 

[T^3]

Play (as my son says "mom you are hurting my ears. Can you stop practicing?) guitar and take guitar lessons

 

[JarHed]

After a session my mind is going at like warp speed. So, like ya'll, I look for something to slow it down a bit and to distract me for a while. I do Tai Chi. It's both an exercise and a meditation. It requires total concentration and I've been doing it long enough that I almost immediately fall into a mindful state. Just helps me to relax and it's good for me as well. Just need something to break the mindset.

 

[Squaddiedave]

There's various things I do, harsh EMDR session leads to time in the man cave tinkering or making something,anything. With something inane on in the back ground, with a good strong brew (Tea) that is. The med centre is a 40 min drive from here so that's the main calm time, audio book on car and brain in 5th gear.

 

[Sarg]

Not being the sharpest tool in the shed, I have to go home, in the quiet, and ponder what we discussed and what lessons I can learn from the session. But, I have learned that this is not always a good thing. Sometimes, I'll misinterpret something she said and it gets all blown out of porportions.

Thus this will be the subject of our next session...how to stop ruminating to the point I misinterpret.

If that makes any sense at all.

Sarg