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Default May 22, 2019 at 11:53 PM
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As many of you know, I've been seeing my T 5 days a week since the beginning of the month after I was hospitalized last month for getting septic from SH. I'm not sure what's going on this week, but I've been very anxious in session this week. Monday's session T asked if there was anything he could do to help calm me down but I couldn't think of anything that would help. I told him about it during session on Tuesday and again today. We talked about that and he brought up the topic of using the couch to relax again. Usually I can talk about my fears and worries about the couch without an issue but not today. I felt like I was hit with a ton of bricks, wanted to run out of there and just froze. He kept talking and told me that my fears are rational and all of that, but I felt like I was paralyzed and wasted the rest of the session because I couldn't come back from that. I've never felt that panicked in a session before, but I didn't know what else to say about it and our time was up. I made it out of his office, into the elevator and just collapsed on the floor in tears.
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I see him in the morning, and I know he would encourage me to talk about what happened and all that. But now I am fearful of having another panic attack if I talk about what happened today.
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Default May 23, 2019 at 06:42 AM
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Panic attacks are rough. I would try talking to him about it. He can’t help if he doesn’t know.

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Default May 23, 2019 at 06:49 AM
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This has happened to me before in session, so I know it’s really difficult. A couple times, ex-T did a relaxation exercise with me. Once, ex-MC had me and H walk outside with him, and the fresh air and not feeling watched (because we were walking) helped. So maybe something like that could help? I would definitely tell your T what you were feeling. I’ve also found with current T that if notices I’m anxious and acknowledges it, that can help, because then I feel I don’t have to hide it. Or if I mention it to him first (though he can generally tell).
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Default May 23, 2019 at 07:14 AM
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This happened to me recently. Well I felt dizzy and a bit spacey so not quite a panic attack. We tried a breathing exercise but it didn’t help. Luckily it was near the end but I felt off walking out and for a couple of hours afterwards. I’m a bit worried it might become a regular “thing”. But hopefully it won’t and I hope your session today goes well x
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Default May 23, 2019 at 09:27 AM
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That happened to a friend of mine after a difficult session. The T had to sit with her for a bit before having no choice but to leave for the next client or something.

I hope your next session helps.
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Default May 23, 2019 at 12:08 PM
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I think it would be good to talk about the panic attack with T. They can't help as well if they don't know what is going on. I hope the session goes well. HUGS Kit

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Default May 23, 2019 at 02:30 PM
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Thanks everyone. We talked about it some today, and I told him about crying in the elevator and in the bathroom. He apologized for it being such a hard session, and asked if I was mad that he brought up the couch which is what triggered everything. He did ask what I thought about the timing of it all, with how I didn't break down until after the session when he's basically unavailable to me. I didn't know what to say to that besides telling him it felt safer to cry when no one could see me and that I didn't expect it to hit me that hard. I didn't ask what he was thinking about when he asked that. I told him I was worried about it happening again today, and I think he picked up on that because he said I seemed really distracted. At the end he mentioned something about how we should look at the pace we go at so it's not too much for me, but we didn't have Time to discuss it further so I'm not sure what he was getting at.
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