I had read that talking about the feelings would somehow lessen them, but for me, this didn't happen... I do feel that discussing them was freeing, though, in that I could somehow give them to him even if just verbally. I felt as if I was holding this beautiful and precious treasure for him... and I just wanted to show him somehow. I always saw the love I felt for him as a gift. Painful at times, yes, but joyous as well. Maybe I'm just a little odd, lol. I guess I was kind of amazed that he could bring out such tenderness in me, that I had this in me, that I was even capable of this.

I think, Rainbow, that it's great that you have an open line of communication with your therapist. Maybe intense emotional closeness can sometimes be confused with erotic just because it is so intense. I hope things go well for you.