Co-consciousness and masking

[Chimera]

I've been thinking about something that happened in my therapy session this past week. We're working through feelings (something that is extremely uncomfortable for us) and the therapist asked us to sit with the feeling. It was very strange to sit with the feeling and feel the desire to dissociate and switch followed by the immediate insistence that he was looking for at least the first so we actively worked through NOT doing that.

I don't want to trigger anyone so please forgive the vagueness in regards to what we were discussing or the feeling involved, but the question I have is, have others before or after diagnosis, been aware enough to wrap their arms around the one fronting and offer promises of protection even without stepping forward?

Thank you,
Chimera