I’ve been to therapists on and off all my adult life. I’ve never felt tired afterwards, or at least never noticed. This time, though? Noticeably tired.
Mildly?!?!?
Mildly?
My mental health homie, full on coma inducing exhaustion wouldn’t be unusual (well, it’s hyperbolic but you get the point).
There is very little more taxing than the kind of intensive wringer that a serious therapy session can be. Even less challenging sessions can leave people numb, wiped, or otherwise just burnt out.
If you’re doing the work, therapy will at some point be stressful. At the very least, needing nap or a cuddle is totally normal
Yup. It is exhausting AF.
I would assume so given the mental labor. I’d be more concerned if I wasn’t exhausted after a session.
Yes
Yes. Talk therapy can bring up a lot of stress and emotion. That shit can wear you the fuck out.
It can. Disclosures: I don’t go to therapist actually but I have
Being in therapy is an highly emotional and intellectual work. There’s a saying in education : 1h of physical work is 1h of your battery, 1h of intellectual work(with intense concentration) is 3h on your battery and emotional work is 6h on your battery. That’s why a kid crying for 1h can fall asleep on you.
There’s no science behind this (IIRC) but the point is that emotional work is energy consuming
Huh. Never heard of those ratios but it makes sense they’d exist. I’m a firm believer in spoon theory.
Happens to me too sometimes. Might be heavy topics that I’m still dwelling on or something I’m feeling better about (but maybe had been losing sleep over previously). Given the time of year, vitamin D deficiency is something else I’d consider but not as my first thought.
yep
