Therapist Chat

[HoneyBee]

Today I went to see my therapist and we talked about my recent drama regarding choosing a faith. That led into a discussion about my plans for when I am forty years old and according to my therapist, my plans were very practical yet I was ignoring the emotional aspect of my aspirations. We did some more digging and it appears that I'm afraid of feeling my feelings. It's true, too. Instead of letting myself feel things, I instead get very logical to avoid my feelings. The reason for this is because feelings hinder you when you're trying to survive something, and I've had to survive a lot of things. My therapist tells me that this was adaptive at one point, but now this has become maladaptive and I need to start working on feeling my emotions again. This may mean adjusting my medication as well, but yeah... I feel like today's session was productive. We came up with some good goals, I got to vent, and I got to have some more insight into my own psyche, which was nice.

I love therapy. It gives me someone I can talk to and gives me a place to start growing as a person. It's lovely. If you're not currently in therapy, I would give it a try at least for a few sessions. You never know, it could help you with a problem you didn't even know you had!

 

[Bluerose31]

Today I went to see my therapist and we talked about my recent drama regarding choosing a faith. That led into a discussion about my plans for when I am forty years old and according to my therapist, my plans were very practical yet I was ignoring the emotional aspect of my aspirations. We did some more digging and it appears that I'm afraid of feeling my feelings. It's true, too. Instead of letting myself feel things, I instead get very logical to avoid my feelings. The reason for this is because feelings hinder you when you're trying to survive something, and I've had to survive a lot of things. My therapist tells me that this was adaptive at one point, but now this has become maladaptive and I need to start working on feeling my emotions again. This may mean adjusting my medication as well, but yeah... I feel like today's session was productive. We came up with some good goals, I got to vent, and I got to have some more insight into my own psyche, which was nice.

I love therapy. It gives me someone I can talk to and gives me a place to start growing as a person. It's lovely. If you're not currently in therapy, I would give it a try at least for a few sessions. You never know, it could help you with a problem you didn't even know you had!

I am glad you are having a good experience in your therapy sessions. I will pray that Jesus continues to bless your therapy sessions. God bless you.