I don't have trouble with my therapy session becoming erotic....although sometimes they cause a similar adrenaline rush, which sets off my internal alarm, which then causes me to withdraw from whatever topic triggered it. I will say though that I am starting to separate and differenciate the different types of arousal. For a long time any adrenaline rush was immediately interpreted by me as sexual...but that's not true for me anymore. The child and teen parts of me have some pretty distorted thoughts about sex and their noise gets intense when my flight-fight response is activated. The shame associated with these thoughts and trying to talk about them in therapy is very tough to manage.

(((rainbow))) , very challenging to discuss.

Deli, I agree all forms of attraction are equally OK. Unfortunately, I've only been able to internalize this belief as it applies to others. For me this is just another one of those areas were I judge myself differently and more harshly than I would ever consider judging someone else.