Completed My First Therapy Session

My first session is in the books.

**I am avoiding most personal details. If the right type of “fuel” is placed on this “fire,” it will get extremely ugly.

Most of the session was fact finding through a questionnaire with my therapist. I then gave some perspective on the different reasons why I was there.

One question I had was should we tackle the main root of everything or so we approach the leaves and branches and slowly make our way down the trunk to the roots. Since the bulk of my issues come from the “root,” that is where we are beginning. Always go after the part that has the biggest negative impact no matter how big or small the problem.

For now I was told about the three rings of boundaries. Imagine three different rings inside of each other. Each ring can be seen as a stone wall with a locked gate. Each “courtyard” within the middle ring, between rings and outside the outter ring, represent the level of trust and acceptance of those people in your life. Each person is mentally placed within each circle.

You have all of the keys to lock people in or out each level. As you go through your life those people can be upgraded, downgraded or removed completely. Only you have that control.

One of my challenges is I only have one circle and you are either in or out. That is something I am working on.

Due to my lack of sleep, I will also start exercises mimicking REM sleep. REM sleep is when your short term memories upload to your long term memory. My brain is damaged from past mental trauma so the downloads are not working. Getting back on a regular sleep schedule will help this.

I am expecting to get the ground running during my next session. Wish me luck!

Please leave a comment or questions below and I will be happy to answer those in my next post!