I relate very much. It used to really irritate me because I felt like she didn't really know me or know how terrible I really was. And so I felt like her positive regard of me would go away once she knew me better. But she knows me really well now, and it hasn't gone away. She is still just as positive and warm and understanding.

And it just takes time to begin to trust that their opinion of you won't change even if you tell them something bad. I still get really terrified if I have to tell her something that is difficult to tell or that might make her dislike me, but I don't get irritated and annoyed by her positive regard of me anymore.