(((LT))) its not about giving you comfort. Its about his being WITH you in confronting YOUR feelings. I see the feelings as a third entity, and i think you kind of do too. Only instead of him COMFORTING you, buying you another ice cream to replace the one that fell on the ground, or for him to tell you, "oh stop it, you can get another ice cream later", you say, "i always drop my ice cream. I can never have ice cream," or whatever your fear is. That was mine, btw! Whenever things were/are going well, i get a phone call from an aunt "wanting to talk", which just wrecks me.

Ts role was to point out that was magical thinking, and how could i change the outcome, and thereby my feelings? It is not their role to do anything that would change my feelings, per se. Like tell my aunt not to call me. But he could tell me i dont have to answer the phone. Which EVENTUALLY i didnt.

So re the stone - maybe he could delve into why a talisman is important to you? I think its more what other people have mentioned, you have scripts for people. I wonder if thats an OCD thing. Because in the middle of the script, you get a feeling, then if the script doesnt go your way, you postpone the feeling, start a new script, then pick up the old feeling/script later in an email?

Re the aspie/sport/AA - No, i meant his orientation as a t.