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Originally Posted by Lilana
Just wanted to say that I identify with what you wrote here a lot. T asked me to show them to him in one of our first sessions. It felt good to not have him flinch at them while at the same time picking up their severity.
Whatever you decide to do, I hope it goes well 
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Thank you

Is it terrible that I kind of want him to flinch? If he didn't have a visible reaction like that I'd start to worry that they weren't "bad enough."
I'm glad your therapist was able to react and respond in the way that was most helpful to you