(((((((((((((((notme9))))))))))))))))))

I struggled with this concept a lot earlier in therapy. How could this relationship be "real" when he sits there all week and does the same thing with 25 other people?? I hated it, because I was beginning to feel SO attached to him, and for what??

He tried to explain to me that it IS a "real" relationship. It's a different kind of relationship than we have out in the real world, but it is still REAL and TRUE. His saying that didn't really make me believe it, and it was hard for me to drop my defenses and let myself BE in the relationship...but now I know that it IS real. I can feel that is the truth.

It sounds like if nothing else, this job offer has opened up a lot of things to explore in therapy