About this episode

The episode discusses the common experience of leaving therapy sessions with unexpressed thoughts and the emotional impact of that feeling.

You walk out of a therapy session and realize the one thing you wanted to say is still sitting in your chest. That moment can hit like a wave: frustration, regret, even the urge to tell yourself you “messed it up.” We get real about that feeling and why it happens, especially when therapy appointments, psychiatry visits, and mental health check-ins all come with one unchangeable limit: time. We talk through the idea of “finishing” and why it is so hard to complete every thought when your min...

People in this episode

Host: Justin Alan Hayes

Topics covered

• therapy
• mental health
• communication
• emotional expression
• time management

Keywords

• therapy
• mental health
• communication
• emotions
• time constraints

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