Since August I have been having a mixture of person centred/reparenting/inner child/nurturing touch therapy. I've been seeing my therapist about every 2 weeks and have covered a lot of topics.

I haven't seen my therapist for 3 months as I felt loads better and like everything was fixed. About 6 weeks ago my mental health took a massive decline but I found it hard to reach out to tell my therapist I was struggling. Eventually I managed to arrange a session for this Friday afternoon.

The past few days I've been having intense memories related back to my Dad leaving me when I was 4 years old. I think it's because Fathers Day is coming up in a few weeks. I'm now 23 but my Dad is still very closed off emotionally and he's never been someone I can fully open up to.

Anyway I've recently found myself cuddling my teddy bear more while watching tv/reading. I've also found it it's the only thing that gives me some comfort. I texted my therapist last night asking if I could bring my teddy bear with me on Friday but felt embarrassed about it. He replied really kindly and said he was happy that I was able to ask him and of course I could.

So I was basically wondering if anyone else has taken teddies/cuddly toys into a therapy session and what your therapists reaction was like?