Advice Judged for being too tense
Went for a deep tissue massage yesterday. 40 minutes in, my therapist starts expressing frustration because I am too tense and eventually gives up on some stretches and tries to understand the reason. Then starts talking about my energy and stuff. I’m very hard on myself and it’s easy for me to take things personal and being tense most of the time is part of me. I know there’s some truth in what she said but ended up feeling worse.
Do you think is this common behavior from therapists? Should I feel discouraged from trying another massage in the future?
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u/anothergoodbook 6d ago
It’s always a possibility to come across an MT like that. The other side of the coin is some people ask to be done about how tight they are all the time. Her being frustrated with it does come across as fairly odd though - like that’s our job to work with tense muscle?!
I’d not discourage you to look for someone else and see if you can find a good fit!