Psychoanalysis

Hi Flower, i have had lots of counselling and i have found it helpful. i assume you are being sent to a clinical psychologist? i have tried other therapies like the tapping one, hypnotherapy and an eye movement and for me seeing a psychologist has been best. Its just like having conversation in a lounge room and everthing you talk about is confidential. i found the therapist helped me sort through my confused thoughts and feelings. Each person is different to how long you go and how much you need and a psychologist wont push you to far emotionally, i find it a safe place to air my feelings and feel understood. Good luck with your treatment plan,its good when all the therapy plans come together. Bye and take care, Step up.

Hi @Former-Member !

Sounds like everything might be coming together for you finally, which must be terrifying, but also a little relieving!

I don't know if you have done much research into psychotherapy, but I've recently read this article/ blog about the time frame of psychotherapy. Not sure how relelvant it will be for you, but I thought it might be interesting 🙂

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/psychoanalysis-now/2014/09/how-long-should-psychotherapy-last/

All the best with the upcoming changes Flower! Would be interesting to see how you find it all.

Zahlia

Hi @Former-Member

What in particular are you scared about for the future? Sometimes waiting for a particular day to come can seem like forever, espically if you are dreading it or are really frightened. Maybe just take it one step at a time so it doesn't seem so overwhelming. Just got to get through tomorrow, don't think about the next two days.

What do you think will help you manage until Wednesday? It doesn't seem like going away from home is really helping you much 😞

Take care Flower,

Zahlia

Hi Flower,

I find waiting the hardest for anything new! Too much time to think about it.. what it could be like, things that could be wrong/bad etc.. I guess it's like anything else though if you find that the approach isnt for you then you could always tell your psychologist that its not helping you and switch to something else.

The article was good from @Zahlia , thanks! one thing it didnt really say was how the therapist addresses things that come up through the free association.. would be interested to find out how that works.

Hope that it goes well for you @Former-Member

How are you coping with everything tonight? hope you're ok,

LJ

HI @Former-Member

I understand that feeling of worthlessness... my psych keeps telling me that i cant always trust the feelings that come from the anxiety and low points because our brains are really good at lying to us. But fighting those feelings is just exhausting i know.

From what you write here though, i can see that you are caring and wise. You are not worthless here. You are with your husband who (i assume) loves you and has made a choice to be with you this weekend.

Stay strong,

lj