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Originally Posted by boredporcupine
I've been thinking about this a little more. Rainbow, although you don't do anything strictly sexual with your T, would you say that your time with her is the CLOSEST thing to a fulfilling sexual experience that exists in your life right now? Because I think maybe your feelings around this are saying more about your life than about your therapy.
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I think this is an insightful question. If in fact this is the case, it is probably something worth exploring. There may well be two things going on simultaneously: your fear/anxiety over having sexual feelings towards a woman, and the lack of a satisfying emotional or sexual relationship with your H (or others) outside of therapy.
While I don't experience any sexual attraction towards my T, I can definitely say that there have been times when my relationship with my T was more emotionally intimate than my partner at the time. I'm sure my level of emotional attachment to my T at that time had a lot to do with what I was missing in other relationships. It doesn't change the fact that I AM emotionally intimate with my T-- but I do notice that when my RL relationships are better, I don't cling as closely to my T. I realize this is not the same as your situation, rainbow, because there is no sexual element here-- but I do think emotional intimacy is a big part of what can lead to sexual attraction.