There have been a bunch of things that I was initially too embarrassed to tell my t. As I've gotten to know him better and trust him more, I can tell him more things. For some things, I've just had to come out and tell him that I needed to tell him something, but I'm really embarrassed and could he help me? In those cases, he's always gently helped me get them out.

There's a line in a movie (We Bought a Zoo) that someone here once pointed out to me and it's been my mantra ever since: "Sometimes, all it takes is just twenty seconds of insane courage." Twenty seconds. I figure I can tolerate almost anything for twenty seconds.