How do you avoid this?????

[HereSince1628]

For six days my emotions are up, down, and all around.

Then, I get in my therapy session and the therapist at some point will say, "How did you feel remembering that?" or some such thing. And my reaction is, I don't know. Then she say's how do you feel now? and I say I don't feel anything.

I KNOW that she is trying to get at my feelings, and I know that I am trying to approach this in a rational theoretic manner. As soon as I get in her office, I've got no feelings at all.

:shrug:

[hunter]

1. I've no idea. Really, I don't.

My life's always a mess because I can't figure out what I'm supposed to be figuring out, I mean , come on now, anyone can see that.

:hug:

[HereSince1628]

4. I sort of know that feeling

but I find I can actually deal with other people's problems better than my own.

Too bad my problem isn't multiple personalities. I could DIY.

[elleng]

2. How about tell her about this 'phenomenon.'

Good luck.

[HereSince1628]

3. Yes, I've done that...

I think it's the first time she didn't come back with "How does that make you feel" LOL.

[mdmc]

6. For six days my emotions are up, down, and all around.

How did you feel when you read your words in my reply?

I think what your therapist is asking is "how do you feel about these swings?".

For instance, if I was having all these swings I might feel guilty for putting my girlfriend and family through so much "walking on eggshells". Remembering these swings might make me feel sad or out of control or unable to effectively decide the course of my life. Thats me.

Another person might not mind the swings so much and might feel excitement (or some other emotion) at remembering the week of swings.

Don't know if it helps at all.. just my two cents..

[HereSince1628]

7. Thanks. maybe it's semantics

My immediate response was that it makes me think I've got something wrong with me. That seems more like a comment on my circumstance than it seems like an emotion. But. if thinking I'm forever over-reacting, i.e. out of control, is an emotion I can report that.

[EFerrari]

5. Imho, you don't avoid it, you respect it.

:)

[intheflow]

8. This happens to me every time I go to see a therapist or counselor.

I'm a bloody psychological mess at 2am, but talking with someone during daylight hours, it's like my brain detaches from my emotions. It's very frustrating. So I have no advice, but I stand in solidarity with you.

[EFerrari]

9. It's sort of interesting because when that happened to me

I wanted to push through it and my therapist (who was an intern at the time) paid attention to that instead. She tread carefully and we both worked slowly although I usually felt as if I wasn't "doing" enough.

That turned out to be the pivotal moment of my therapy. But, that was just me.