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Originally Posted by zoiecat
If you're wondering about something in the room I would just ask. My therapist has worked from home since the pandemic started seems like he's in an empty bedroom I know he lives in the house all alone. He has a tendency to leave his closet door open there's nothing in there but empty hangers and maybe a couple sheets at the top shelf but closets trigger me and I always ask him to close the door and he always thanks me and says sorry he forgot and he closes it. I've also asked or commented on the plant in his room that he took from the office or does he have an window air conditioner because I see a reflection in a picture behind him. last time I noticed he moved his printer that I can see now.
There's no sense in ruining your session by being distracted and something in the room might as well just ask.
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Thanks for the reply. That's nice that he'll close the closet for you. And you're right that I may as well ask. I mean, he could always choose not to answer (like I could see myself asking, "Is this your bedroom?" and him saying, "Well, it is *a* bedroom.")
And it took me months to actually talk to him about my reaction to seeing him petting his fluffy white dog the one time. He seemed thrown off that it had that much of an effect on me, but it was the first time I'd seen him being affectionate to another creature (plus he said how the dog was "really needy," which affected me, because I feel like I'm needy, and he accepts the dog being needy, which...seemed like a much bigger thing when I waited a couple months to bring it up).