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Charity
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Hi; this is my first post here. I've read a lot of the threads, and now I have one of my own...
I see a psychologist for an hour every Monday morning. I only started doing this recently-- I guess it's been a month or so now. I work full time, and fortunately the psychologist is in the same building as my own office, so I literally just run upstairs for an hour. I find it really hard, though, to come back to "normal" afterwards. I'm supposed to just walk out of his office, head back downstairs to my own area, and go back to whatever I was doing before... but I can't ever seem to do that very well. I feel totally drained after an hour of talking about such serious business, and a little out-of-kilter with reality. I can't just "snap back" on command.
Does anyone else feel this way? I'm almost starting to think that I'm going to have to arrange things differently, just to make it easier on myself. I'm still not entirely used to talking things out in this way, either. I've been taking various SSRI's and benzodiazepines for years, but always resisted the idea of talk therapy for some reason. Now I'm finally doing what I need to do, but it's no easy task!! Today I went to lunch immediately after leaving my appointment-- and that's where I am now, home alone for a little bit before I have to go back. I needed a moment!
Any comments?
I see a psychologist for an hour every Monday morning. I only started doing this recently-- I guess it's been a month or so now. I work full time, and fortunately the psychologist is in the same building as my own office, so I literally just run upstairs for an hour. I find it really hard, though, to come back to "normal" afterwards. I'm supposed to just walk out of his office, head back downstairs to my own area, and go back to whatever I was doing before... but I can't ever seem to do that very well. I feel totally drained after an hour of talking about such serious business, and a little out-of-kilter with reality. I can't just "snap back" on command.
Does anyone else feel this way? I'm almost starting to think that I'm going to have to arrange things differently, just to make it easier on myself. I'm still not entirely used to talking things out in this way, either. I've been taking various SSRI's and benzodiazepines for years, but always resisted the idea of talk therapy for some reason. Now I'm finally doing what I need to do, but it's no easy task!! Today I went to lunch immediately after leaving my appointment-- and that's where I am now, home alone for a little bit before I have to go back. I needed a moment!
Any comments?