I think the term "connection" is a hugely overdramatised description of something we all have. Everyone here is saying we have a connection with everyone we ever met - so then why do we talk about it for pages after pages after pages? I have no idea lol. It's a bit like talking about the fact that we all have bowel movements and how great they are!

Going from what has been said in this thread, You (stopdog) have had a connection with every therapist you have ever seen! Even if that connection is just the "I give you money and you give me an hour a week" - that is a connection. That is an attachment of some sort. It's not emotional, its functional. But its an attachment. That guy that you may see emptying out your trashcan each week - you see him, he sees you - you have an attachment there. Same goes for me and everyone else.

Its left me a bit bummed actually. Not sure why people go on about it for 10+ pages if its something that EVERYBODY who has ever had a therapist has had, ever. I could not see a 10+ page thread happening about bowel movements, thats for sure.