Posted by pegasus on February 25, 2004, at 14:17:06
In reply to therapy causing depression?, posted by crushedout on February 24, 2004, at 23:41:55
It's been reassuring to hear how everyone has struggled with this. My own experience is that during some phases of therapy, I definitely was drained for at least a day after each session, and often really depressed. For some particularly difficult sessions, it would take me days to be fully functional again. I spent a fair amount of time wandering around in a half aware daze.
Then it got easier. Partly because of finding the right meds. But whatever it was, I wouldn't be so wiped out after sessions, and I felt like I could get a lot out of them without ruining the rest of my life in between.
I think the moral of our stories is that therapy is just darn hard, and sometimes when it's really hard, it bleeds out into your whole life and can't be stuffed into 50 minutes a week. Or anywhere near it. I think, for me anyway, during those times I did far more therapy with myself between sessions than I did with my therapist in sessions.
- p
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