I don't really know much but today I experienced the normality of feeling unwell, drained and emotionally raw after visiting a therapist. Deeply felt emotions were processed whilst talking through painful memories, hidden stress and past trauma forcing first my mind and now my body to confront things I have avoided.
I've heard that I could be feeling tired, sad, tender, or mentally foggy for the next few hours or even a couple of days as your my whole bodily system digests the work. I'm not complaining but I don't like feeling like this either. I thought actually that the reverse was going to be case, but obviously it's not at first.
Contronting emotions like deeply felt love is a very hard business. It's nothing like one reads in books nor views on television. I know now that the absence of the person that really matters hurts me the most. Even not able to talk to that person hurts. And that's one of the things that came up as an iceberg afterwards.
