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Old Jul 08, 2007, 10:53 AM
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I am a total fidgeter! But I don't try to control it in T's office, I just let it express itself there whereas "outside" I might try to control it. I usually help myself to a bottle of water from the fridge when I am in T's office. Then while I am talking, I will kind of squeeze the bottle repeatedly and it makes this popping sound. I am sure it is totally annoying. But it communicates to T my nervous energy, so I let it happen. In the winter, I often wore a scarf to sessions, and I would play with this frequently. When I have a session where I cry, I will take a kleenex to wipe my eyes and then wad it in a little ball and shred it. Oh, yes, I have many ways to fidget... I am just glad the couch I sit on has no buttons to pick off.
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