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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal
Less than zero interest if that's even possible, the idea of naked is appalling to me.
normal regular hugs, yes. Before the pandemic/zoom sessions anyway, t and I hugged at the end of every session. It started one time well into therapy when one day she said she felt like she wanted to give me a hug and I said yes please and then after that, one or the other of us would ask first, and then at some point I don't remember when it just became a thing.
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Both my Ts asked if they could give me a hug. With long term T she asked every week for a few weeks and then she stopped asking and just approached me at then of every session. Emdr T thought we had discussed hugs the session before and agreed that it would be appropriate. We never discussed hugs. We don't hug at the end of every session but most. If either of us want it we signal it. Once she signaled and I was upset so I ignored. I could never ask for a hug It would feel like they were really only doing it because I asked. I would not want to put them on the spot. In my therapy, hugs are a way of showing acceptance that they are not judging me as a gross horrible person
Before therapy, I was not a hugger at all all with the exception of my son who constantly craved hugs.