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Posted by Speaker on May 18, 2004, at 23:56:05
I will be gone for a few days for a business trip so I won't be posting or in open. I have been having a dilema in therapy...the last week I have had such a different feeling. I don't really want to talk about anything in therapy but I want to go just to know someone knows where I am. The flashbacks have stopped this week and it's a nice relief. The dreams continue and I hate to leave town...especially when I have to put the corporate face on. I guess I'm just at an in between stage. I don't want to look at what has happened for fear it will start up again (the flashbacks)...does this make sense? I keep thinking it will just go away and I will feel ok.
Posted by DaisyM on May 19, 2004, at 13:25:17
In reply to Going out of Town...delima in therapy!, posted by Speaker on May 18, 2004, at 23:56:05
What you say makes total sense. Like when I was going away, I didn't want to open up any hard subjects or get emotionally flooded. I think, consciously or unconsciously, we know how to protect ourselves some.
I'm in the middle of a flashback period myself. Don't know what triggered it off. My Therapist thinks I've been containing stuff for a long period because of my work commitments and now it is insisting on coming out. He wants to talk about whether it is better to keep containing or better to process what is happening. I think he would tell you that having someone know where you are and how you are feeling allows you to contain without completely stuffing it away. There is a difference.
I hope your trip is fruitful. No lap top? I recommend focusing on eating well and getting enough rest. This has made a real difference for me when I'm stressed. I look forward to your return!
Daisy
Posted by Dinah on May 19, 2004, at 16:13:37
In reply to Going out of Town...delima in therapy!, posted by Speaker on May 18, 2004, at 23:56:05
I hope your trip goes well, and look forward to seeing you soon.
I find that there are a lot of ebbs and flows in therapy. Perhaps Daisy is right. Maybe your body is protecting you by calming things down before you'll be gone.
And sometimes I too wonder if it's not better just to let things lie rather than stir it all up.
I wish there were a simple answer to all of this.
Posted by Speaker on May 21, 2004, at 14:28:11
In reply to Re: Going out of Town...delima in therapy!, posted by Dinah on May 19, 2004, at 16:13:37
D & D,
Or should I say the double D's :). Thanks for your comments...sometimes I just need to hear that someone else goes through the same stuff.
My trip went well but I did stay up all night just so I wouldn't have a terrible dream and be distracted for my presentation. I can put the corporate face on with the best of them but it is rather intense at times. I have a nursing degree and they are all men with MBA's. However, my presentation was the smoothest and I felt great about the work.Now therapy was a different story this morning. At one point my T threw up his hands and said I give up I can't win here...I said neither can I. I think the lack of sleep caught up with me :) and my T paid for it. Oh well, he says he doesn't take it personal...so at that I think well then what's the point. Anyway, thanks guys for being there for me...I am grateful you are my friends.
Posted by DaisyM on May 21, 2004, at 15:40:16
In reply to I'm Back :)...and Thanks!! I had therapy today., posted by Speaker on May 21, 2004, at 14:28:11
Glad you are back and your presentation was successful.
What in the world did you say to make him throw up his hands???
And yes, sleep deprivation can totally play into all of it. *sigh*
Posted by Speaker on May 21, 2004, at 17:48:56
In reply to Re: I'm Back :)...and Thanks!! I had therapy today., posted by DaisyM on May 21, 2004, at 15:40:16
We were talking about the sleep stuff. It was because if he said it was ok...I would say it wasn't. Then If he would try to help me understand why it wasn't ok to stay up all night...then I would defend why it was ok in this situation. So either way he went he couldn't win. I do that so much in my head...banter the yea's and nae's that I just did it outloud. Oh well, I even asked him if he had enough and we should end early...he didn't respond. Well, it really wasn't that big of a deal. I do think I was just too tired to make sense.
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