My therapist keeps asking me to identify my feelings and I'm like... I don't know man. I just know I'm tired all the time and I yelled at my 6yo for spilling juice yesterday and felt like the worst dad in the world for hours after. Anyone else feel like therapy is just homework that costs $150/week? How long before it actually helps?
being tired all the time + snapping at your kid = you probably need to address sleep/stress/maybe even depression. The therapy is good but don't sleep on talking to your doc too
The yelling at your 6yo over juice thing hits hard because that's the exhaustion talking, not you being a bad dad. That's actually a good sign you recognize it. Some dads don't even get there
First session is always weird. You're basically starting to notice things you've been ignoring for years. Give it a few weeks before deciding if it's working
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Therapy is weirdly exhausting at first because you're basically having to translate 'I'm tired' into actual feelings, which requires energy when you're already empty. It gets easier though. Stick with it
I felt the same way after my first session and I almost quit. But then my therapist explained we weren't fixing anything that week, just getting baseline. Made it less pressure-y