I had never considered that there was a child-like side to me that was separate from the adult side until my T brought it up one day. She said something along the lines of "It almost seems as if little laxer12 wants someone to notice her, validate her, and care for her." I didn't quite get it at the time so we both just sat with that statement.

After thinking about it, it made a lot more sense. I started to notice that some of the things I say or think while with T are very "child-like" things. I guess I just want to be able to trust her and know that she cares about me which are things I didn't feel like I had with my parents.

I don't necessarily want my T to "reparent" me, but I do want to be able to learn how to trust people again through my relationship with her.