Thanks for your reply...I understand this at a cognitive level, but the pain is just too much.
I feel that if she felt love in return for me that this boundary BS would be irrelevant. The pain of not having my love returned and of being no more than her patient 50-100 minutes a week sears my heart. It is more than I can bear.
It actually feels like in addition to the pain that brought me into therapy, I now have a new, even worse pain. Wonderful.
I just hurt so much I can hardly take it. Not trying to rant.
S