we have been taking AMAZING steps forward lately. i know they probably don't sound like much to people who do this stuff all the time, but we've seen t for wow i've lost count, maybe 7 years and have NEVER done the stuff we've been doing lately. we've been working heavily on doing the looking thing for 2 years now and are just starting to get somewhere with it.

looked at t for at least 5 seconds straight

read out loud to t the stuff that was written in the journal (and it wasn't easy shmeasy stuff). usually he just reads it to himself while i practice looking at him. it was very threatening to read it to him but he made it so safe.

moving is very threatening too, usually he has to tell us to move. the other day we got up and walked over to a different chair to better see what he was doing. it is amazing we could take that risk

he's been teaching us how there's no danger in being vulnerable and to see it finally start to work is just