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ohhh nooo @Former-Member you were multi-tasking just like me , you will have to go to @Phoenix_Rising DBT lessons like me 
@Catcakes This was the first time I've ever called TTT. Given that the only words I could get out to the receptionist were "talk TTT" and I hung up after she said TTT has gone home for the day, they won't even know it was me.
The rule with TTT is that I can email once a week. She is flexible though and I get the sense that if there was an extreme crisis, she would respond to a second email. The other week she phoned me for the first time because we had to talk through what she was going to do about the fact that someone from a particular mental health service had thought it appropriate to contact her to see if I'd appeared at my appointment, rather than cont*ct me directly to check if I was still alive. It was a bit funny, given that we had discussed in our appointment that I would respond if anyone bothered to check on me and thus she and I didn't need to talk about what she should do if someone contacted her. It never occurred to either of us that they would contact her before trying me!
I wouldn't cope with a no-contact-between-sessions therapist. I really don't understand how that is supposed to work. I guess because TTT is so attachment-focused, she super gets that need for contact. It's also why she made the squiggles for me to play with and drew me a picture of a turtle. These act as what are called transition objects - i.e. as a way of keeping a bit of her with me.
Look how fast my words came back after @Former-Member appeared! That is the difference between flooded terrified lizard brain turtle and feeling-safe-again turtle. 
Super big thank you for caring about me @Catcakes. I'm sorry I'm in more of a taking than a giving state at the moment.
I feel a trillion times calmer now @Former-Member. I was so so so scared you had gone more away.
Do you want to see something super cool? I've been wanting to show you. How cool is this! I think @OhanaSystem and @CheerBear might like it too. I think @CheerBear should definitely share this with the LF...maybe while they are all on a long car ride together!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzb5Acl-n70&t=18s
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