Am I the only one?

Lola nailed it. T knows waaaay too much to be a friend. I don't like that level of inequality in my friendships.

But at the same time a Therapist only knows what you want to tell them.

I tell my therapist everything, figure I'm paying and to get the bang for my buck I need to lay it all out there, the good bad and the ugly. But that's just me, I dont feel like holding anything back from a T is going to help me.

I like how things are in the therapeutic relationship. I have no desire for an outside relationship. I was thinking the same thing when you posted this thread - glad to know I'm not alone

I only want my T as my T. I love that it is about me when we meet...even though it can be extremely uncomfortable. I have my friends that I socialize with...to have my T as a friend would taint our relationship. It would be very odd,unnatural.

I
...want to know more about my T because it feels really weird having such an artificial relationship where all the personal info comes form one person. I know this is a professional and therefore artificial relationship, but it still feels weird.

...don't want to know more about my T because then it might affect my behaviour in inappropriate ways, avoiding their locale, visiting it more? Best not to know so it doesn't have a chance of affecting me.

...want to know what he really thinks of me, rather than the Therapist focussed responses I get to things I say.

...don't want to know what he really thinks of me, because those opinions would interfere with the therapy and not help.

...want to show him the side of me that shows outside this therapy, that exists in the real world, which must look a lot more competent than the quivering wreck he sees.

...want to know him outside therapy, but mainly because this professional relationship is of finite duration, and the idea of it ending is scary.

I fell the same way but at the same time there probably are some aspects of my life that I don't think my Therapist needs to know.

I very much feel the same way. I think my T would probably be an awesome friend, but I'd rather have her as my T. I need her as my T. I love my friends dearly, but I know they have flaws and I know they are not always what I need. Granted, my T is not always able to be what I need either, but as my T, she tries very hard to provide a safe place for me to work through things.