Echoes,

I hope my posts haven't made you feel unhappy with your therapy. I've gone many years in therapy before my t was willing to hug me. I've been in therapy 10 years with her, and she has only hugged me 2 times. So I know very well what it feels like to go without that touch, and how difficult that can be. Recently, when my t hugged me, even though it was what I had been wanting for a very long time, I had trouble actually "feeling it" (letting it in) because it's hard for me to let myself be that vulnerable, and I have not asked for another hug, though I hope that in time I might be able to ask for one and feel it.

I'd be very willing not to post about physical touch or any other subject that would detrimentally affect someone else's therapy. I would much rather refrain than to have you feel unhappy and reluctant to read and participate on the board.