Dear T: I am pleased with myself for asking proactively for an extra session this week because I feel I have something big to discuss. I did not mean to communicate I was in a crisis, though I can understand why you might have interpreted it that way. I do wonder, though, how many times I can circle the same historical issue before it circles the drain. Am I doomed to a lifetime of this repeating that emerges every time I have a positive life change? And I also get why I might have avoided relationships for these past years because people push my buttons, so does intimacy. I think this stuff might be worth it. I'll see. But meanwhile I'd like to move closer to resolution on this. Please help me make it happen.