Being in a Relationship with Someone Who Has an Addiction
You’ve learned to read the sounds. The particular way the back door opens versus how it opens when things are going to be okay. The...
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You’ve learned to read the sounds. The particular way the back door opens versus how it opens when things are going to be okay. The...
Read Article →Nobody gets a manual for loving someone with mental illness. You fell for a person, not a diagnosis, and at some point the diagnosis became...
Read Article →You’ve had a rough afternoon. Nothing catastrophic , just one of those days where everything took longer than it should and nothing felt like enough....
Read Article →On a bad day, getting out of bed is a negotiation. Answering a text takes energy you don’t have. The idea of being genuinely present...
Read Article →You finally meet someone worth being nervous about. And suddenly every part of you is nervous. You over-analyze every text you send before you send...
Read Article →You meet someone. They seem good. Safe, even. And for a while things feel okay. Then something shifts. A tone of voice reminds you of...
Read Article →You’re with someone you chose. Someone who, by most measures, is good to you. And yet the doubt is relentless. Maybe I don’t really love...
Read Article →People search for couples therapy success stories because they need to know it’s possible. Before they invest the time and money and vulnerability, they want...
Read Article →One of you wants to try everything to save the marriage. The other isn’t sure the marriage can be saved, or isn’t sure they want...
Read Article →You’ve had the same fight so many times you could script it. One person pushes, gets louder, tries to get through. The other shuts down,...
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