For me, connection is about being understood, even when I don't understand myself. It took a different level of connection to get there. I started out just coming to trust him - that was one level of connection. Then came feeling like I could tell him anything, even if I chose not to - that was another level.

Now, he knows me well enough to make links between things I say that I never put together. He often can identify what I'm thinking and not saying, too. That helps him make even more links. It doesn't get all tied up in a nice, pretty bow, but he understands me and helps me understand myself so much better than the couple of Ts I've seen with whom I really felt no connection.