Hi Esthervirtue!

Re: Hugging

My GP has been my lifeboat for 3 1/2 years. He keeps me on track..and is just an amazing, caring person.

When I reached Bipolar2 stability (abt a month ago now) as I was leaving his office I asked him "May I hug you?" He opened up his arms to me & said "Yes...it's allowed" Well I felt so incredibly good during & afterwards because I believe it was genuine caring on both our parts. As I hugged him I said "Thank you". I have wanted to hug him for so long-but I knew he would never initiate.
It was a good day!