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freud came up with the idea of having patients lie down on the couch and him sit behind them because...

he didn't like to be looked at.

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He would, also, at times, fall asleep while his patients were talking.

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i take little furtive glances at my t sometimes... mostly my eyes fixate on the rug. sometimes his shoe. i wish he wouldn't look at me. i feel like i'm caught in the headlights. i wish i could lie down and the absence of eye contact would be less conspicuous.

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When my T is talking, I will look directly into his eyes.
When I am talking, I look at his shoe. Or the pictures on the wall. I know they are from IKEA. I pointed this out and he said, "I don't do the decorating in here!"
When we are silent and he is looking at me... I feel naked.