Hey all, been lurking this subreddit for almost a year and finally started working with a TRE practitioner local to me. For context, I've been doing "trauma work" for over a decade now. Lots of shadow work, internal family systems, somatic experiencing, trager, the whole nine yards. I recently did my second TRE session (first was 8 minutes of tremors) and tremored for about 10 minutes. I felt completely present and fine in both experiences.
It's been over a week now since my last session and I've just been absolutely crushed with exhaustion since. I cancelled todays session because I didn't feel like my body has the capacity to handle it. The first week I had with my first session I was exhausted in a different way. My brain almost felt like what it feels like the day after taking MDMA, like it was completely zonked for 5 days. With this second session though I'm just profoundly exhausted all day every day and it's not getting much better. I feel super spacey, very emotional, having lots of crazy and intense dreams every night, and I'm having a hard time focusing on anything.
I imagine others have certainly experienced this, what was the timeline like for you to feel somewhat normal again? Did TRE get easier on your body over time? I'm really excited about the process and results, but this feels a little too disruptive for my current life so I'm trying to strike a balance. Thank you!!