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Originally Posted by Rive.
Not particularly looking forward to it.
I discovered another side to T that had not been there before i.e. more closeness, T revealing more about themselves without instantly retreating inside their shell. T being much more comfortable and less guarded, really. I like this much more 'human' and relational side that online therapy brought up. For us, there is/was more intimacy online than in-person.
I don't want T to clam up and revert to their usual passive, closed-up, blank slate. That would be detrimental to my therapy in general and my emotional state in particular.
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It's interesting how this seems to be a pretty common experience with T's during the pandemic. I do want to mention something related to this that my T said when I expressed concerns a couple months ago about his changing once things return more to normal.
He said that it's not like he's just going to revert back to the exact same T/person he was back then. Like flipping a switch or something. That he'll likely be more something in between maybe.
And I imagine this will be the case with most T's, that they won't completely switch back to how they were. Plus we've seen different sides to them now, so we won't view them the same (like, I can't un-know that Dr. T has a dog and cat and what they look like or how he looked petting the fluffy white dog. Or how he looks wearing a hoodie. Or what some of the art in his house looks like), so I think that could also make a difference.