I feel as if I sometimes live in my 'own little world...' and I try to describe to my T the dimensions, the rules, the format of this world I live in, I let him in, and my world becomes more real. I talk a lot about my illness, because it is safe to do that with him, I feel being with my T is a place where no stigma is. I ask him to compare my problems with his other patients, and ask the degree of my mental illness. I have gotten to know some of the other patients and feel it is a community of people all coping together. My T has met my brother, my mother, and my father, so when I discuss family problems he has first hand knowledge. My T says he feels like a father to me!! My T listens and always interjects with things that I might helped by seeing but cannot quite see yet. Most of all, I know he cares..do other people feel they know their T cares?