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I have been experiencing the same thing going through therapy myself.  I don't know that I have any solution but I can defiantly relate and I'm getting the feeling that it is normal.  I have found that taking walks or other physical activity has helped me some when I've been feeling that way.

I've been going to therapy for six months or so and often times I leave and feel emotional, irritable and overall bad for a few days afterwards.  My relationship with my wife and kids suffers and I sometimes feel like trying to go back to what it was like before I went for therapy, suppressing my feeling and acting like I was fine.  I know I wasn't happy like that, and it wasn't perfect, but it didn't feel as bad as what it feels like now going back over my life with a fine tooth comb and resurrecting memories from a long time gone.

Just wanted to write it out here, see if anyone else ever feels this way and how you keep working.  Sometimes it just seems like it never gets better.

Greetings!

Mid 30's guy here, I just found this forum today and I thought I would read and maybe learn something from your experiences here.  I've been working on PTSD/C-PTSD for about 6 months now.  It started when I became flooded while having dinner with my wife and I finally decided I should see someone.  I went thinking that I needed to deal with issues related to military service and came to find out that it was much more complex and that my childhood (alcoholic parents and other issues) were directly related to all of the problems I'm struggling with.  I'm currently working on narrative therapy and I've already learned some things about myself that were quite surprising and I haven't even gone past five years old.  If anyone has any suggestions of posts I should read or anything else, let me know.