Gabrielle Santos: I'm grateful for the safety agreement that Laura set at the beginning of the session. I felt safe for telling my story to my partner and the bigger group. I was surprised of and I'm still reflecting on the emotional sensation that I felt, which was similar to the rejection and mockery that I received upon telling this story before to other people----I was so sure that everyone in the group would not understand and would think I was over-reacting. I didn't think it was going to happen (I felt safe enough) but still I felt that, even though logically I know it didn't make sense since everyone was so nice. Turns out telling something personal (especially something that I'm still processing) is quite hard for me.