Posted by vwoolf on November 2, 2004, at 4:54:36
In reply to Re: what is this?, posted by mandinka on November 2, 2004, at 3:16:48
I've had a few incidents like this over the years that have really upset me. The first time was in a Group Dynamics workshop, where the participants were asked to hold each other. I began to find it difficlt to breathe and then to sob convulsively, without being able to explain why, my mind was completely blank, just the emotions were working. The Psychologist in charge was very upset and concerned, and tried to persuade me to go into therapy at once. A second time was in a Personal Growth workshop many years later and a similar thing happened. Last Friday night, I had another episode. I had just finished making love. I turned over and burst into tears. I cried for about an hour, with really wracking sobs and a sort of keening - the sort of uninhibited way a very small child would cry. My husband didn't know what to do. And I couldn't tell him what was wrong - I didn't know. I was simply overcome. I felt terrible all the next day, but now it has passed, except for feeling unable to breathe, as if I am holding back a scream, and tensing up at the slightest emotion in Therapy. I have been having nightmares since then, but I can't remember them. I just wake up in a cold sweat with my thoughts racing. I was also sexually abused as a child btw.
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