I feel the same. I think T helped me unearth myself during the whole marriage break-up. My self was still there, just buried after many years of marriage. At my session last week, during one of my spontaneous "it's so great not to be married anymore" outbursts (I still have them and it has been almost two years), I compared the feeling to how you feel after taking off your ski boots or roller skates after a day's activity. You feel so light when you walk around, like you could float or skip. T liked that--"kicking off your boots," he said. Yes.

This reminds me of something my T told me multiple times: when your heart breaks, it cracks open.

Congratulations on finding your self again, Paraclete, and your realization of your amazing truth.