Hyp-NO-therapy

Ref the last post & my attempt to deal with my overreaction to the normal everyday noise that surrounds us.

I have my 2^nd hypnotherapy session tomorrow & I have been a very bad patient (? Client? what am I?) I have not had a chance to find an hour in the day to do nothing at all & listen to my deep relaxation guided meditation CD. I have had calls to make, tradesmen at the door, FSHubby was here one day (all day ...!), trips to make - just not had time!

So, I thought I had better do it now. OK here we go. Found CD & instructions & all looked good. The KC was outside snoozing & the world was vaguely peaceful.

I went upstairs as I wanted to lie down to do said deep relaxation but first had to find a CD player that worked. After much faffing the one in FS-Stepsons room was excellent. Window open, gentle breeze. Perfect. So I lay down & put the CD on ... but within 5 minutes  …. SCREAM .. YELL .. BANG ... kids playing noisily in next doors back garden - exactly the thing I am trying to deal with!! Blood pressure is now rising...! Close window but to no avail - I am now conscious of it so can hear it through closed double glazed windows. Yup THAT loud.

So shift to FS-Stepdaughters room at the front of the house. However CD player old & temperamental in her room & it takes me 5 goes to get the CD working. As I lay down again I realised I needed the loo .. so off I went but kept CD going  as I didn’t want to risk it not starting again .. missed some initial relax-y bits but hey.

Back in front bedroom, close windows & curtains & door & lie down – listen to the soothing voice telling me to feel the soles of my feet relax, to imagine the relaxation as a colour gently rising through my legs  … I start deep breathing .... when suddenly there is an almighty  CRUNCH of gravel from outside & car doors slam & there are more screeching kids & shouting people!! FOR GOODNESS SAKE!

That all eventually calms down & some semblance of silence is achieved & I start to get into it. After about 15 minutes I am now at shallow breathing & feeling pretty relaxed when suddenly the door opens & the KC jumps on me!!  Unsurprisingly I jump too .. then she cuddles & snuggles up & starts purring .. OK all's good I can do this with her on the bed with me …then she starts to fidget & clean herself using my left leg as a balance. Fine. I can cope with that too.

 

THEN she starts to do that fur-ball noise thing & THEN she jumps off the bed & vomits … CD goes off, the rubber gloves go on, the carpet gets cleaned & the KC gets cuddled. I saw her drink from our water feature earlier & now I am worried that the special stuff I put in it recently to keep it clear is not good for her (it says on  the bottle it’s fine for animals but the KC is somewhat sensitive).  She’s now back on the bed sleeping. Poor baby!!

I give in. Am going to go watch Wimbledon for half an hour now and maybe try again later L
  
Relaxed? Moi? I wonder if I actually can relax!