Have u ever had meltdown/pnk attack during therapy?

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I once had an attack in front of the therapist, before that happened he didn't know I was having attacks and he would question everything I said. What happened is that he pushed my buttons and he caused me the attack.
After that he changed and he's much more softer.

Are therapists supposed to push our limits?


The sad truth is that most people I've dealt with, give me a harsh treatment. I think that I might be projecting a tough image without even noticing.

sorry no i been in pressure therapy and that only makes me feel relaxed,most of that time i just lying in bed all flat

somtimes it can get a little personal...

but not enough for a meltdown...

I've had problems with therapy. Sometimes I get confused and speak disorganized in front of the psychologist/ psychiatrist. Other times I would just freeze and not think.

I'm not sure I would classify it as a meltdown, but one definately pushed the wrong buttons one time and I went from 0 to bit*h in less than 30 seconds.

I think after I got done saying my peace he was in dire need of a therapy session.

uhh... i tried to punch my thereapist once =, she wouldn't stop asking how stuff made me feel, she kept asking after i had already answered...
never went back there again

The couple of times I've been to a therapist, I've gone blank and felt like crying. It's just too much for me, the forced, one-way interaction, I don't see how people can do it. It's invasive, like a dentist for your personality.

All physicians have a duty to minimize harm. If it is possible to achieve the same benefit without upsetting a patient (as can be achieved by upsetting the patient), then the doctor has a duty to take reasonable steps to deliver the benefit without the unnecessary harm.

I got pretty stressed out by it, certainly to the extent of becoming confused and incoherent but not further fortunately.

I don't think they're meant to 'push your limits' not during therapy - after all, people go to therapy to stop themselves going mental - therapists shouldn't drive them to it! I have a feeling they did that to assess me though, to see if I could take annoying comments or whether I flipped.

I am not really sure what counts as a meltdown, or if I have them, so:

- With my nice therapist, who I see at the moment, but unfortunately have to pay to see (I'm not sure you get nice therapists on the NHS), I have not had much bad mood things. I did once get really stressed talking about things, and have to curl up in a ball and clench my fists and tug at my hair, but that only lasted a minute or so.

- With the occupational therapist I saw on the NHS, I often got annoyed, and on the third session, I ended up interrupting her saying "I am getting upset" and then when she continued talking, I curled up, and then when I uncurled I kept having nervous laughter, and kept bending my fingers back and stuff to feel slight pain. She ignored this almost completely. I then said I wasn't doing any more therapy with her...

- I also went a bit mental at a psychiatrist.... I got all angry and kept interrupting and being aggressive. I cried slightly at one point. I also called him horrible. I felt quite bad about it afterwards.
Also had a lot of panic in that clinic due to strange doors and them trying to get me to use the lift instead of the stairs

patternist - Therapy doesn't have to be like that, but I know it often is. Both me and my mum have had counselling where we've ended up sitting there in silence, because we didn't know what to say and the counsellors didn't say anything!

Despite how personal I get in my therapy sessions, I haven't ever been able to cry or have any other emotion response other then to tense up...it's really sad that I can't let anything go, even in a judgement free enviroment such as a therapist's office.

In the hospital, yeah (it happened a couple of times). They just got a nurse to bring in some sedatives for me.

It calmed me down, a little.

In a hospital after my suicide attempt I had a meltdown - thank goodness a close friend from school was also in the hospital at the time and told the doctors just to leave me alone for a bit then check up on me - I calmed down after 15