Same with my current T. I like when they're in accessible locations so I don't have to ask. Though I sort of miss the free tissues now that we're meeting over Zoom...especially as I tend to use a lot of them at times!

But I think there's something helpful to me about a T just sitting there and accepting it as I cry. Because my parents had issues with it, and I think I even got more in trouble a few times as a little kid if I kept crying. So for someone to be there with me and seem accepting and not judging, it helps. And I've apologized both to ex-MC and current T for crying, then realized what I was saying. Like, I'm apologizing to a therapist for this. They keep boxes of tissues in their office for a reason...


I can think of a time, not with a T, but when I really needed a tissue from a doctor and had to awkwardly ask while crying. When my D's developmental pediatrician told us, after being unsure for multiple visits, that my D was on the autism spectrum, and I was sitting there basically sobbing, as she just kept talking. I saw tissues on a high shelf across the room and was finally like, "Can I get a tissue?"