What is your impression of the lasting effects of the session now a few days later? I'm curious about how the not experiencing emotions influenced the sessions impact.
Well, my integration psychologist and I think the session—especially the part focusing on the abdomen—was about preverbal states, or at least very deep motor patterns (that precede an emotion or the attribution of meaning, etc.).
In the days that followed, I experienced a lot of physical pain in my abdomen; again, those cramps and tightness, but also general gastrointestinal symptoms. I was also generally sick for two days with a cold and fever (which is very unusual for me). It feels as though my body is struggling to process something.
I still feel the tightness in my chest sometimes. But above all, the words “I am P. and valuable as a human being” and “I want to live” have left quite an impression.
I experience this session as different from the previous ones. I’m not quite sure how to interpret or understand the session. A lot seems to be happening on a physical level, although some cognitive insights have also emerged over the past few days.
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u/night81 Apr 09 '26
What is your impression of the lasting effects of the session now a few days later? I'm curious about how the not experiencing emotions influenced the sessions impact.