Over a quarter of adults have gone to therapy at some point in their lives, with over 80 per cent finding it effective and helpful! \u00a0But that doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s scary as hell and it can leave you floundering\u00a0in the water for what to do with all those emotions. \u00a0With that said, here are 10 things you learn when you go to therapy for the first time.<\/p>\n
Walking into that building, and then that room is unbelievably scary. \u00a0But the first session will be a lot of getting to know each other: the main thing with having a therapist is that you have a mutual trust which makes it so much easier to talk. \u00a0It sounds impossible, but try to relax, they really are nice people.<\/p>\n
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Well, you don’t\u00a0have\u00a0<\/em>to. \u00a0Some people start off quite quiet! \u00a0But the important thing is that if you feel that you can then you should! \u00a0Talk all you like, the more you reveal the easier it is to help you.<\/p>\n If it pops into your mind, then it clearly stayed with you. \u00a0It doesn’t matter how small it seems, just say whatever you want! \u00a0There are\u00a0no rules for therapy.<\/p>\n It’s not a miracle cure. \u00a0These things take time and practice, so don’t expect to walk out of your first session of an hour feeling like a new person, just give it a chance and trust the process.<\/p>\n You sometimes have to drag up a lot of trauma and stuff that is uncomfortable. \u00a0It might have to get worse before it gets better because of all the memories you’re talking about and have maybe been repressing. \u00a0Trust the process!<\/p>\n \n Not every therapist is right for everyone. \u00a0It’s okay to go to trial sessions and decide who you feel most comfortable with and trust the most and then try to pursue that. \u00a0Some people go through 5 different therapists before finding the one they stick with, and that’s healthy and also totally fine.<\/p>\n I don’t care what the school bully said in year 6. \u00a0When you’re an adult, doing adult things is good for you. \u00a0And an adult thing includes taking care of yourself. \u00a0You don’t have to tell everyone, but you don’t have to keep it a secret either. \u00a0Chances are people either won’t care or be supportive.<\/p>\n From everything. \u00a0Work, friends, chores, life. \u00a0Not all the time, but the occasional day here and there won’t hurt anyone and would do your mind the world of good.<\/p>\n People tend to have this image that therapy is when you daintily cry and dab your eyes while talking about the childhood trauma you’ve kept in for decades. \u00a0Truth is, it can be anything. \u00a0For me, it’s often floods of tears and talking about what happened in my week and learning how to deal with things better.<\/p>\n You don’t have to do what anyone else says! \u00a0Therapy is a totally unique experience and your experience doesn’t have to match up to anyone else’s. \u00a0Embrace the experience as best you can.<\/p>\n \n Over a quarter of adults have gone to therapy at some point in their lives, with over 80 per cent finding it effective and helpful! \u00a0But that doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s scary as hell and it can leave you floundering\u00a0in the water for what to do with all those emotions. \u00a0With…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25185,"featured_media":142570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1808,1801],"tags":[18844,10371,15876,18226,8133,12450,10954],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-142409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-life-in-real-world","tag-first-t","tag-first-time","tag-learning","tag-lessons","tag-mental-health","tag-mind","tag-therapy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n3. Don’t feel like anything is ‘unimportant’<\/h2>\n
4. You won’t feel the positive effects straight away<\/h2>\n
5. Sometimes it gets worse before it gets better<\/h2>\n
6. You don’t have to stick with just one therapist<\/h2>\n
7. There’s no shame in going<\/h2>\n
8. It’s okay to take mental health breaks<\/h2>\n
9. Sometimes you cry, sometimes you don’t, and that’s okay<\/h2>\n
10. It’s on your terms<\/h2>\n
So those are the 10 things you learn when you go to therapy for the first time. \u00a0Have you been to therapy? \u00a0What did you learn? \u00a0Let us know down below!<\/h3>\n
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