I have told my past T that she is not allowed to touch me unless I explicitly ask for it (which only happened once over 2 years). I have also refused her offer to let me walk her dog (before I had my own dog for emotional support), even though I really really really would have liked it. Somewhere in my brain I knew it wasn't good for me to get attached like that, and I knew if I accepted the offer, my T would have regretted it later realizing her mistake.
I start with a new T on the 11th...I will tell her the same thing regarding touch.
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