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I totally relate to you. I think many patients do this.
I think I probably do this to the extreme. I don't really use any physical barriers such as pillows but I do use mental and emotional ones. I tend to just zone out during sessions, if not totally (mentally and emotionally), then I do turn off emotionally at the least.
Maybe we do this out of fear of being hurt or rejected? If we don't totally put ourselves out there, then we can't be totally crushed? I think maybe the problem with that is that we might not fully get what we need.
It is such a hard thing. I feel ya there.
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