Grief counselling

[Elle-Kay]

I think it is a normal reaction to feel tired, especially since you had some pent-up nervous energy beforehand. To me though, it shows that the counselling has already begun to touch you, if you see what I mean?

[Annie0904]

Yes, I don't think it is so much of my usual anxious feeling just really drained and tired. The counsellor was really lovely and I found it easy to open up to her and talk which was good

[paranoidtree]

i'm so glad your session went well Annie. It is normal to feel drained afterwards, and tears are a good thing. i find them so cathartic.

[loopylu86]

Well done Annie! You did it!So glad it went well! I had a few tears in my first CBT session when I mentioned my nan and dad....It does help to let it all out to someone impartial. Crying really helps and I am still feeling that I haven't let all my tears out yet. It just hasn't reached the surface. The relief will be immense though. I just know it! So glad it went well...now that you know what to expect you will start relaxing when you know a session is approaching! xx

[Annie0904]

Thank you for your kind messages and support everyone. We decided today that my anxiety may have stemmed from when I was only 7 and my grandfather died. I remember collecting all of the photos we had with him on and covering them in plastic and putting them in a shoe box. I then wrote 'keep out' on the box and would not let anyone else touch it. That memory really made me sob. I just wanted to hold onto him and not let him go and that was my way of doing it as a 7 year old child...I wanted somehow to protect him x