Wynne,
Would it help to know that newborn human baby dies without physical contact and affection? There was a pope in the 15th century who thought there was some kind of alpha language humans would speak if they weren't taught a language. So to find out was it was he took a large group of newborn orphans and forbade their caretakers to do anything beyond feed them and diaper changes. None of the children made it a year. Fast forward to the 30s when hygiene became so important because of the new awareness of germ theory. Orphanages followed the policy of handling the babies as little as possible to prevent the spread of disease. Not long after, they named a new condition "failure to thrive." Research later proved that children who were hugged and cuddled were stronger and healthier. I get feeling like food is in a different category because it's so clear that we die without it. But, especially when we're children and our brain is still developing those other things are almost as important to our survival. We deserve them just as surely.

PL, glad it resonated, my T is smart guy.

AG

River,

I posted an thread on today's session under the title "Update on today's session". The short answer is that it was better than Wednesday night because I was able to express myself and what I think I need.