so I have noticed that after the past couple of sessions of processing difficult stuff, I am slow in my responses. It's weird. It's like my reflexes are significantly slower for a couple of hours. I am not dissociative - which is actually new. emotionally, I have been all over the place. I have felt anxious beyond all reason, sad, calm, relieved, disgusting, angry... just about every emotion and more. Physically in the session, I have a lot of phsyical sensations that come up. I notice them and tell my T and we talk of it a little (as much as I can stand). My T is doing a really good job of always spending the last 15 minutes or so containing and putting away all the icky stuff. It's not entirely all away (thus the emotionally rollercoaster). I will also have body flashbacks sometimes. But without varying, the past 5 sessions I have been slow in my responses.

I usually like to move - and do. Somehow, it seems to help shake off the session as much as I can and get out some of all the activated engery. However, when I try to stop (since I am in a wheeled thing usually) it takes longer than before I went into the session.

Then the slowness goes away and physically, I feel exhuasted.

I have no idea what this is about, and my T doesn't have any idea either. Any ideas? Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Or had other physical feelings after sessions talking about trauma?

~ jd