The anger we hide from ourselves
On the feelings we bury so well we forget we’re carrying them — and the quiet cost of pretending we’re fine.
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Coping mechanisms
Everyone living through a hard marriage finds ways to manage the pain. The question is not whether you are coping — you are. It is whether you are steering it, or it has quietly begun to steer you. On the coping mechanisms everyone recognizes, the ones that hide in plain sight, and how even good things can become places to hide.
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Before we knew what we didn’t know
Most of us spend time on Mount Stupidity before the descent begins. The view is wonderful, the confidence is complete — and the fall, when it comes, is steeper than we ever imagined. Here is what we saw from the top, and what it cost us.
