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.
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.
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.