thank you for coming back to post, madisgram. that example was very helpful. i think i would have been confused about your flatmate's violent reaction to the wall thing, but would have ignored it. and when he asked me out i probably would have been so overjoyed that *anyone* asked me out that i would have accepted immediately. *goes off to hide in a box*

xivella - yes, it's little bits and pieces from me, too! i'm glad my pdoc is so patient and willing to wait. i know i would make his job a lot easier if i just blurted everything out one day. but part of our therapy is learning to trust, and so each session is an opportunity for me to try that. so i guess it works out in the end.

imapatient - i'm so scared i'll end up alone . tell me that things got better/easier on the dating front after 29?