The thing about this kind of attachment is it seems so overwhelming that you can't imagine moving past it or not feeling it. But it's like being a baby. You'll eventually get past it and be able to stand on your own two feet. And I'm not talking about babies because I think it's immature, but because many of us didn't attach to our parents in the right way and are relearning and reliving that process with our Ts. I think I'm a small child in therapy right now. I hope to one day be at the point where I'm ready to leave 'home', as it were.

I do think it's worth talking about it. About boundaries, about expectations. I told my T I felt he was hinting that he wanted me to end therapy. He couldn't even remember saying the things I'd heard, and told me I can keep going to therapy for as long as I like so long as he's alive.

Which brings me to my next point. Don't shy away from this stuff. It's better to come out and say how you feel, so your T can answer, than to kind of hint and hope they guess.