When they came for their next appointment, they sometimes told me that they were so relaxed after their last session that they had to pull off to the side of the road and shut their eyes to nap for a few minutes. Sometimes they even pulled over two or three times. They enthusiastically commented that this was great because they had been “so relaxed.” Even on the next day, they often did not want to get out of bed and go to work. Today, looking back, I realize that my sessions had left them in a dor-sal vagal state. They were not relaxed, but instead were dissociated and exhibiting depressive
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