pink this sounds like another terrific session. I always like to read your posts and I think you have such courage in session!

Regarding the later posts: I think someone who 1) isn't familiar with you and your posts and 2) possibly has their own personal issues/fears could make an inaccurate assumption or draw an inaccurate conclusion to what you said here.

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Then he went on to say that it's okay to have those feelings, and it's ok to express them, no matter what they are.

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Oh, I love his reassurance! I wouldn't be able to go there either, but I love his reassuring you.

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And then it happened.

He quoted a line from one of my poems by memory.

It was a line in which I wrote, "You are required to shut up and tell me the reason."

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Yes, he really does get you. He knew what that was about when he read your poem and was able to bring it out and show you that he got it. What a great way to show you that he is connected and that he gets you.

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He tells me, "Ok. The whole time before you got angry, I think there was a really strong connection. Then when you got mad at me, I felt hurt because we lost that."

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... is he really Yalom in disguise?!

Have you congratulated yourself yet for giving T those poems?