This thread made me laugh because i saw a lot of myself in all your posts. It is nice not being lonely!

I hope it's not bad to look away when thinking in therapy....i've never thought of it as being a bad or a good thing before. Plus sometimes my therapist doesn't always look at me if she's gathering her thoughts....and i'd be freak out if we stared at each other all through the session!

I think like wpowers shame is one of the reasons why i don't look my therapist in the eye at times. But also i can feel that if i don't look at my therapist i don't have to let it be real (if that makes sense!). It's hard to explain but sometimes i'll so badly not want to have to deal with therapy/an issue in therapy/thoughts in my mind, that i'll sit with my coat over my head....because in a really childish way if i can't see my therapist then she doesn't exist, the situation doesn't exist and I feel as though i'm hiding/disappeared. I've never thought about that being a bad thing to do, it doesn't feel bad, perhaps it is quite rude, but for me therapy is the one place where i don't have to put on a show constantly. I want to put my coat over my head and disappear so many, many times in my life....and therapy is one of the only places where i can without feeling like a complete idiot. I think that might even be a good thing. I think.