Posted by creepy on October 1, 2009, at 8:15:49
In reply to crying in therapy, posted by blahblahblah on September 14, 2009, at 21:13:37
For some people its vey hard to cry in therapy. You might find you need a push from a life event to get you over the resistance you feel.
Usually the therapist will encourage that release of pent up emotion.
If you cant cry in therapy, you may want to do so on your own to drain out these pent up negative emotions. An exercise you can try is cathartic release. That is, find something that makes you very sad or very angry and experience it. I know someone that had good success using the evangelion anime for catharsis. You could use a book, a film, a song, whatever. Its a lot less threatening to look in a mirror than it is to be back where you were hurt.
Youll find that it is exhausting. You may feel tired and numb afterwards but you may notice youre not in as much 'internal pain' for awhile.
Hope this helps
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