T1 has teared up when telling me that one of his family members had died. And he has had 4 deaths since I started seeing him. I am ok with that, it is actually helpful to me to see genuine emotion and staying present because I am not very good at that. Ex t also teared up when telling me about his long dead parent. Tha t was also in the context of teaching me about emotions. Pdoc cried once in a support group we both attended as participants while telling about a patient who had suicided. I remembered that when I would think about nobody caring if I died. Because he obviously would.