T2 and I decided to try something; she turned on two lamps in her office, and shut off the overhead lights; this cut the light level by more than half.
We were sitting near enough to a table lamp that I was able to read from my journal if I wanted to, but elsewhere in the room it would have been difficult to do that.

What surprised me was what a big difference the reduced lighting made, in terms of my feelings of safety. I was thinking, for any of you who are struggling with the same, you might talk to yr T about trying this, maybe it will help you also.

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