That's a good question. In terms of assuming someone will recall something we'd talked about--well, I should have learned that lesson already with my H! Or from a past experience or two with Dr. T. But I think I should consider that everyone won't remember things the way I do. That maybe I should check in with them first. Or, in this case, if he'd seemed confused or uncomfortable about the handshake at the start of the session, I could have just said, "Never mind, we can just skip it."

I also think I should have brought it up again, closer to the move, but everything got so messy that it sort of got lost in the shuffle in my mind. Dr. T did say we probably should have spent part of the session before the move (I was virtual from the beach when he was already in the new office) talking about how to handle my first in-person session. But we were also working on rupture repair during that session, so it wasn't at the forefront of either of our minds. In retrospect, I probably should have just done virtual Friday, even though I was home, and discussed it then.

In terms of the OCD part, maybe to just try thinking how other people may be reacting to something in a way that has nothing to do with me, but to their own issues.