“You Hold Me With Gloves On” is a raw reflection on transference—the ache of seeing a therapist as a mother, a caretaker, or a lifeline, only to be met with professional detachment. It captures the struggle of seeking warmth in a space built on boundaries, of feeling like a case study instead of a person, a patient instead of someone to be loved.

Through vivid metaphors of sterile fields, rubber gloves, and glass barriers, this piece gives voice to the unspoken grief of transference—the way it makes us reach, even when we know we won’t be held.

This episode is for anyone who has ever felt the sting of one-sided attachment, the loneliness of weekend gaps between sessions, or the quiet devastation of a therapist who will never be the caretaker they need.

Listen now for a powerful, unfiltered reflection on transference, longing, and the spaces between us.

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