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First session with consellor tomorrow-scared

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Mirage · 14/09/2005 22:51

It is my 1st session with my counsellor/NLP practitioner tomorrow & I'm really nervous about it.

I know it is part of my negative thought process,but I am so scared that it won't work & that I'll have to spend the rest of my life being nervous/anxious ect.I was so bad today that I physically jumped at every loud noise & by 9pm felt like bursting into tears

I'm a bit worried about what questions the counsellor is going to ask me,as there are some things that have happened in the past that are almost impossible for me to discuss with anyone.I just know that I'll end up crying about something.

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Jodiesmum · 14/09/2005 22:56

I'm sure you know this already but counsellors are used to people being upset and finding it hard to talk! I've trained as one so I know. It honestly doesn't matter if you cry - though upsetting for you, to a counsellor it is absolutely normal and to be expected if you are talking about painful, difficult things. It's also very natural to be anxious before your first session. Just take it all at your own pace and don't worry if the first session doesn't go as you hoped - you and your counsellor will both need some time to get used to each other. I wish you all the luck in the world and hope you get waht you want from it.

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Mirage · 15/09/2005 13:04

Thanks Jodiesmum-I so want this to work-I can't carry on the way I am at the minute.Beeter go,she will be here at 2pm & the house is like a tip.

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Shades1 · 15/09/2005 21:26

Hi Mirage

hope all went well today, i had counselling 15 years ago, and whilst only a handful of people know about it, it was the best thing that I could have ever done.

Once through the sessions it equipped me to deal with life so much better, these people are brilliant, and whilst some subjects are more difficult to talk about, it will be worth it in the end.

You will get taught what you're triggers are, I used to have massive panic attacks driving to work thinking I was going to be late, my C said what's the worst thing that's going to happen, I'll have to make the time up at lunch - well ?

The C's are there to listen, so won't take you anywhere you're not ready to go, but honestly I'd recommend it to anyone, have being trying to persuade my sister, she had a full term still birth at 21, post natal at 26, our parents and a brother died very suddenly, now she has episodes where she physically freezes, but doesn't see how it will help - but it's the C's messages that still keep me on track to this day.

sorry this is a long message, I thought I was odd's on for PND following the birth of DS2, my mum died very suddenly when I was 3 months PG - it didn't happen as i continued to coach myself with the help of a very close and dear friend who's also had C'g

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