(no subject)
I just got out of my first therapy counseling session (my only other time was freshman year of college) and don't know how to feel about it yet. For a long time I've been thinking about getting therapeutic help to find ways to cope with things that stress me out at home and at work, but I spent most of the first session just familiarizing my story to the lady that when time was up, it was mostly her saying come next time prepared to talk about about XYZ and we can work on stress relieving tactics.
I guess that's to be expected. I didn't think I was going to get much out of one session, but I walked away with the thoughts in my mind - all the things I had just told her that stresses me out like my family situation, finance, work, love life. It's a funny feeling as I am now reliving them in my head instead of finding ways to get over them. Sigh.
My next session is next Thursday so we'll see if there are any improvements next time. Shopping for therapists is weird. But I'm glad that I found out that through my job, I can afford three sessions for free, so it's fine if they are spent on me deciding how to approach this whole therapy thing when I do have to pay for it.
I guess that's to be expected. I didn't think I was going to get much out of one session, but I walked away with the thoughts in my mind - all the things I had just told her that stresses me out like my family situation, finance, work, love life. It's a funny feeling as I am now reliving them in my head instead of finding ways to get over them. Sigh.
My next session is next Thursday so we'll see if there are any improvements next time. Shopping for therapists is weird. But I'm glad that I found out that through my job, I can afford three sessions for free, so it's fine if they are spent on me deciding how to approach this whole therapy thing when I do have to pay for it.