I also am in the fear of rejection club. I think this whole first year with T has been filled with it. In the beginning I was afraid to call, afraid to ask for anything. The fear of rejection is related to an avoidance of feeling pain? That's what I told T once anyway. I remember when he once asked me why I don't just ask for what I need and I told him that if I expose myself then I open up the opportunity to get hurt. Yeah, it's been a running theme in my therapy. A few weeks ago I asked T for the extra sessions and i was terrified of him telling me he couldn't accommodate me. But he responded immediately with , "ok, let's go tuesday, thursday. I was shocked.

The next session we talked about how hard that had been for me.

Whew!