I’ve been in therapy for about 5 months now...and the things you describe seem very similar to what I went through for almost the entire first 4 months. Although as time went on the symptoms lasted for shorter periods of time. Like instead of freaking out for 2 days before and after the appointment, it whittled down to one, etc. For the most part now I’m down to just knowing the day I have therapy that is ALL I’m doing, and sometimes that lingers to the following day too, but not always.

I agree, I’m not sure that more/less sessions are the answer for everyone, you really have to determine that for yourself? Is it possible to try it and then just stop the extra sessions if they are too much? I’m completely projecting my own experience, but I think if I would have went for two sessions a week I’d just never have gotten those 1-2 days a week where I was able to reach some sort of middle ground before I got amped up again. I did definitely learn that more than a week in between sessions wasn’t good for me either...skipping a week was brutal and even just going from a Monday one week and then not having a session until the Thursday of the following week was too long.

This shit is hard as hell. Why wouldn’t there be some sort of reaction around having this one time a week when you fear (or do) laying yourself out raw? It’s scary. That being said, I’ve heard some say they’ve never felt this way around therapy and link that to them having found the best match in a therapist? Maybe there’s some truth to that too. Seriously, good luck!