[quote=nothingtolivefor;2755234]What if you're therapist had the power to touch you and suddenly know everything about you?Would you allow the touch to take place?
does the thought of it make you recoil?
Does it make you want to run into your therapist arms?

That would give the therapist a lot of power.

What if you could touch your therapist and suddenly know everything about your therapist? Would you touch your therapist?
Would you be afraid to find out that your therapist is completely unqualified?
Would your therapist recoil?

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If T had the power to know everything about me by touching me then the answer is NO. I would not allow him to touch me.

However, I would want to touch my T and know everything about him. I am interested in people and their lives. The past tells us a lot about who we are today. I feel like I could handle hearing his life, whatever it was, because of my own life experiences. Not sure about the other way around.

Ideally, I think it is better to gradually learn about someone rather than have instant knowledge about everything. I think knowing things too soon can be overwhelming and lead to misunderstandings.

I have trust issues with my T myself and often wonder if I've said too much. Not sure if there's an answer here, except that my reason for telling him things is to hopefully improve my life. I've been in a bad state for some time and nothing that I've done on my own has helped thus far. I need to take a chance with someone. I think that's all it is. I'm taking a chance he is trustworthy. If he's not, I will be truly devastated and like you, I would not trust another one again.

But what if he is trustworthy and can help? If you don't take the chance, what are you going to do to help yourself?