I agree with you 100%, feralkittymom. For me it's about something different, though. I didn't feel invisible to my parents at all. What I didn't feel was safe to confide in my Mom, and to get reassurance that I was "all right". So when T reassures me that I'm normal in any way, I feel better about myself. I also feel safe with my T.

Except: she has always accepted all my parts, so why doesn't she accept the part who whines? I'm allowed to hijack my own thread, I assume. I'm going to ask her that question next week.