How to cope after intense T session

I feel all over the place. Parts of me are so happy to have told the story of my traumatic relationship with mother . other parts are in shock and feel angry and want to confront her and dont know wtf to do with their selves. Theyve shut down a bit.


And im scared that all the progress we are making will be...ahut down.


I...we.. worked really hard to have this open vulnerability ,goals for the future,I have this access to parts that took a long time to connect to.


I dont wanna lose it. Im a bit scared that we are shutting down and going to act some type of way.


To make matters worae...this T didnt do a good enough job of making sure I was alright before I left. And im angry t myself or I should say for a moment I WAS angry at myself for opening up .


But I dont understand why I'm acting so strongly. I opened up all the time here. And in general.


Im tired of shutting down and attacking my own self.

Did the venting go right to the end of the session? It needs to stop way before then.

WeAreOne420 wrote:this T didnt do a good enough job of making sure I was alright before I left.

How about you? Did you do a good enough job of making sure you were all right before you left?

Decide to do better. As in, tell smaller pieces of the story and know that you can continue where you left off in the next session. Small pieces. Small steps. There is no rush.

I found that when I shared something intense in therapy, that it would leave my body flooded with adrenaline. Even if I said it in the beginning of the session, I would still be flooded when I left.

I would often go to a movie afterwards to help myself calm down or take a walk or eat a huge dessert.

Usually I needed a night of sleep to fully get back to myself.

We cope by not planning things after therapy, just relaxation and having nice food or a hot drink.

We know some people find exercize to be helpful, to release the stress hormones.