It can. Disclosures: I don’t go to therapist actually but I have

Being in therapy is an highly emotional and intellectual work. There’s a saying in education : 1h of physical work is 1h of your battery, 1h of intellectual work(with intense concentration) is 3h on your battery and emotional work is 6h on your battery. That’s why a kid crying for 1h can fall asleep on you.

There’s no science behind this (IIRC) but the point is that emotional work is energy consuming

Happens to me too sometimes. Might be heavy topics that I’m still dwelling on or something I’m feeling better about (but maybe had been losing sleep over previously). Given the time of year, vitamin D deficiency is something else I’d consider but not as my first thought.

Yes. Talk therapy can bring up a lot of stress and emotion. That shit can wear you the fuck out.

yep

Yes, or majorly exhausted. But you can tell your therapist if you need to be functional after and they will help u out.

I would assume so given the mental labor. I’d be more concerned if I wasn’t exhausted after a session.

Mildly?

My mental health homie, full on coma inducing exhaustion wouldn’t be unusual (well, it’s hyperbolic but you get the point).

There is very little more taxing than the kind of intensive wringer that a serious therapy session can be. Even less challenging sessions can leave people numb, wiped, or otherwise just burnt out.

If you’re doing the work, therapy will at some point be stressful. At the very least, needing nap or a cuddle is totally normal

Yes

Yup. It is exhausting AF.

Yep, after therapy is usually a 1-2 hr cry followed by a 2-3 hr nap. Either that or I feel fantastic and lighter and super productive. There is no inbetween.

Mildly?!?!?

Pretty normal, in my experience.

Not really. But I am getting awfully tired of engaging in arguments and trying to explain things as best as possible, as my therapist sits there not understanding. That’s the part that’s exhausting me.