Yes! For a long time when I told my T I loved her, she either didn't respond at all (in texts) or would say 'I know you do'. 'I know' came to feel like quite a containing and validating response. But during one particularly awful conversation last October, she said 'I know you think you do' At some point last year, I decided to stop telling her, because it felt too painful that I got nothing back from her.

But I couldn't stop. The love just pours out of me and part of healing has been letting myself love her. At some point she started responding 'and I care about you very much' which became 'I have loving feelings for you too', then 'I feel very loving towards you to' and sometimes 'I feel the same towards you'. My T has sometimes reciprocated on the 'glad to see you', but never on the 'I missed you' (which is good, because it would feel wrong somehow if she missed me).

I know how painful it can feel, and I guess for me it was about making a decision whether to continue to express these feelings regardless of the response. It also felt important to me to find a way to interpret her response- coming to see her "I know" as receiving and not rejecting my love. I guess 'thank you' could mean the same thing? I'm sorry you're hurting