Posted by terra miller on July 19, 2002, at 12:23:36
In reply to Constantly having panic attacks during therapy, posted by Wilkie on July 19, 2002, at 10:59:33
hi. sorry to hear stuff is tough. i don't know what your particular "stuff" is, but i have some thoughts.
if you are in therapy, i think having a panic attack is actually good because it shows you what you need to work on. if something you are discussing is causing you to panic, there's something there to talk about. what i am confused about is this: is your therapist willing to talk through these or not? your therapist should be willing by their very job description to talk you through why you are whigging out, not just help you breathe through it. on the other hand, it could be that your therapist knows exactly what is going on and is waiting for you to be ready to talk. i don't know.
you can choose, really. you can decide if you are ready to talk about what's causing your panic attacks... maybe you have no clue, sometimes it's like that.. or you can decide that you aren't ready. both of those are fine decisions if you know what you are ready to handle/can handle right now at this time.
i do understand.
terra
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