Zen_Racer's Recovery Journal

[zen_racer]

Thank you SanMagic.  Because of a couple instances in therapy with this T, she will stop and ask me how I'm doing and if I'm present in the room.  I have been pretty good at being honest.  The issue I seem to be having is that I sometimes have delayed responses.  I felt fine leaving therapy yesterday, but then in the car 5 minutes later I was feeling it so strongly and almost had to pull over.  Then was fine again.  I think when it starts getting too intense, I dissociate again.

B is hiking all the way to cabins at the bottom.  I think she said 8 miles down, and 15 miles back up.  I could be wrong about those numbers.  A month or so ago, she did a 4 day backpacking hike in mountains in Colorado.

Thank you!  Love and hugs.   

[NarcKiddo]

I've never had EMDR so I don't know how it progresses or what the aftermath of a session might be like. I sometimes find a short break is helpful after an intense session as it gives me time to regulate again and absorb the tough session. However, I have had times when I am glad to have therapy again the following week. I'm sure those who have had EMDR can comment if you want advice - maybe put a specific question about that out in the forum? But the safest thing is probably to wait until you have an undisturbed run of sessions. If EMDR proves to be intense then I guess you can leave it out and do something else in the next therapy session before going back to it? Just thinking out loud. Ignore if not helpful.