Tipper,

I actually confided in a friend about this today because I feel like I may need to somehow ground these emotions I'm having before I lose control of them. She gave me advice similar to yours. She also told me to try to find the humor in it because maybe that could help. She asked me if she had an emotional/sexual dream involving Bob Newhart (similar age of the woman I am struggling with) would I expect her to chase after him or would I laugh at the dream. That helps to put it into perspective but still leaves me in a similar boat. I've never discussed this side of me with my pdoc, only with my old T. I even read her a NEEDY email I once sent to someone I was truly obsessed with (at this time I was very manic) but we never really addressed it any detail.