I went into therapy 3 months ago trying to solve a few problems concerning apathy and that sort of thing. I was fortunate enough to end up working with a wonderful psychologist, and I have had a friendly professional relationship with that person ever since.

What bothers me is the fact that my problems still haven't been solved and that I often find myself experiencing a great deal of pain when I remember that I am just my therapist's client and that the day I stop paying, I will no longer be anything to that person. The professional nature of this relationship is hurting me.

My problems haven't been solved, I am in the same place I was 3 months ago, and I now have the extra problem of feeling miserable whenever I think of wanting my relationship with my therapist to be personal, and knowing that this will probably never happen.

I have made my therapist aware of these feelings but my therapist just keeps saying that they are normal and that I am going to learn something from them.

This is very painful and I don't know how to emphasize it enough.

What do I do now? Ask my therapist if our relationship can be something else, and risk getting even more hurt if the answer is no? Or should I keep my feelings to myself, accept that I couldn't handle the relationship, and find another way to deal with my problems? (Again, it's been 3 months and I still haven't got better.)