Mental Health Support
Related: About this forumDoes anyone else come home from a therapy session feeling absolutely exhausted?
I had to stop on the way home to buy kitty litter and now I'm ready for a nap.
Unfortunately the kitcats want to play.
MontanaMama
(24,023 posts)if youre doing it right. I hope you get that nap.
piddyprints
(14,815 posts)I'm not even good to stop anywhere on the way home.
irisblue
(34,267 posts)2naSalit
(92,728 posts)I make a point of having errands to do afterward so I can focus on other things before going home. I usually go about an hour after I get home but I don't always need a nap by then. But I started doing that because I wanted to stop going home and taking a nap.
It takes a lot to address old stuff, some days I'm a wreck when I come out. That's when I take a little drive to a peaceful spot for a little meditation.
Maybe give the kitties a few minutes and quietly sneak your way to the napping spot and go for it, that's what they do, they'll get it and join you, all will be well.
Midnight Writer
(22,974 posts)It allows you to process and consolidate the therapy without distraction.
kozar
(2,853 posts)You should feel exhausted. Your emotional wounds are being healed.
As with any wound, the initial treatment is the worst.
KozandLilBit