All the people I know who've seen a therapist don't get nearly as entrenched as I have. They go, they talk about their problems, and they don't think much about their therapist between sessions.

Oddly, in my early 30's, I started seeing a specialist my age regularly for a medical problem. I was very vulnerable at the time, and really appreciated her help, but didn't get attached or think much about her between appointments even though our contact could be described as intimate. Now, somewhat older and at a different point in my life, attachment bubbled to the top as a problem. Big issues with both my T's over the past 2 years, and working through it with T2. I don't help myself by being transparent with my feelings in therapy, so it's a long, slow, painstaking process. The shame of being attached and feeling love for a therapist is so difficult to work through.