Hankster, I so much admire the way you can speak up to your T and ask for things. I feel like such a wimp. I'm an adult, am somewhat street-smart, and successful in life, but at the t's I'm such a fraidycat it's just pitiful! I think it's because I experienced so much punishment, bullying, and threat from my early caregivers that some little child in me is still stuck back there. Any little thing my T refuses me could mean a death sentence, it seems.
I wish I could get over this. Do you have any suggestions? I feel so embarrassed at the way I am and wish I could be way more assertive with T. I am bold with everybody else, but not her.