Aw WePow this made my heart warm. My therapist used to do therapy with me at my home. Many parts of me fear my T, because he is a man and the right age, but many parts feel very safe with him also. Whenever I would get really scared at night and my child parts would surface I would do something similar to this where he usually sat or put his bookbag. It made me feel very safe to be "close" to someone without actually touching the person and harming the parts of me who fear touch.

I know that this is in general a longing to be held by someone safe, because I also did not receive it growing up. Children want to be held and it's the only way I knew how to provide it for them in a safe manner.