Why Do I Push People Away When I Need Them Most?
You’re in pain, and the people who care about you are right there , and somehow, you find a way to create distance. You say...
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You’re in pain, and the people who care about you are right there , and somehow, you find a way to create distance. You say...
Read Article →There’s something uniquely disorienting about emotional emptiness. It’s not sadness exactly , sadness at least feels like something. Emptiness is more like a hollow space...
Read Article →You ended the last relationship because of the same things that drove you crazy in the one before it. Or you’re in a long-term relationship...
Read Article →A lot of people treat their relationships the way they treat their cars: ignore them until something breaks, then deal with the crisis. The car...
Read Article →Think about a conversation you’ve been wanting to have with your partner but haven’t. Not because you don’t know what you want to say ,...
Read Article →There’s a version of relationship advice that says couples who fight are in trouble. That a good relationship is a peaceful one. That if you...
Read Article →Two people argue about something that doesn’t matter – whose turn it was to call the plumber, something like that – and then one of...
Read Article →The fight is over , or it’s ended, anyway. Nobody won. You’re both in separate rooms, or in the same room with a silence that...
Read Article →You find out on a Tuesday. Or you’ve suspected for months and finally ask directly. Or they tell you. It doesn’t matter how – the...
Read Article →A couple sits across from each other in a therapist’s office, each hoping the other is about to hear something important. The therapist asks a...
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