This is a great thread. I didn't realize until I joined this group and started therapy myself that I spent a lot of my life looking for "mother figures." It started as early as I can remember. I don't feel like I seek that in my T, but I do seek support, care, and nurturing from her, which I guess one "expects" to get from their mother.

Skyscraper, I really am enjoying your posts... because you take words right out of my thoughts. I agree that it is SO sad to hear someone say we need to mother ourselves, "find it within ourselves," etc. Like you said in a former post....we've spent our lives doing that, and now just seeing a little respite in therapy. Let someone else give us a break and take over for just a little while. It doesn't happen, but it sounds nice. All-Heart, your posts about your T warm my heart..... what you have is incredibly special, and I know you cherish it!