I finally worked up the courage to slip in a request for a hug as I was walking out the door today. I was totally rejected and I didn't see it being this hard but I think I made it harder on myself because I took months and months to get the courage to ask. If I just asked when I first wanted to get a hug I'd probably would've been fine with no.

I respect her boundary there, though, but the way she denied it was belittling: "uh...that's not really a therapy thing" as if I'm dumb enough to just go with that response.i had to run to class but we're talking about it next week. The other time she treated me like a foolish sheep , two weeks ago exactly, in short, when I asked why she said "good to hear the music thing is actually real" in response to my mom talking about it as a serious hobby of mine, her original explanation was as if she was pandering to a stupid person with easy BS cop-outs: "it's always good to get a third party perspective." Failure of a deflection.

To make things worse, I feel like last week was one of our best sessions ever in a breakthrough, because she not only fully explained herself for those comments but even gave further examples of times she's realize that she could've been more thoughtful and those times didn't even bother me. Sure, the denied hug makes me sad, but not the slightest bit angry. Her response as if I was born yesterday makes me mad especially since it's the second time