The Jealousy That Masquerades as Devotion 💔 I remember Tristan sitting across from me on a Tuesday afternoon, his leg bouncing with restless energy. His partner, Sophie, sat beside him but not with him—there was a distance of about eighteen […]
Authenticity - Friendships - In the Therapy Room - Lola Adams
In the Therapy Room: The Invisible Weight of Triangulation and the True Cost of Keeping Secrets
The Weight of Other People’s Secrets 🤫 It’s 4:47 p.m. on a Thursday, and Sasha is sitting on my couch with the particular posture of someone who’s been holding their breath for months—not literally, but spiritually. There’s a guitar-string tension […]
Anxiety - In the Therapy Room - Melanie Doss - Relationships
In the Therapy Room: The Power of Rumination and Emotional Bytes in Relationships
“The words don’t have power. Your story about the words does. And unlike his comment, that’s actually something you control.”
Breakups - Christian Perspectives - In the Therapy Room - Relationships - Samuel Hartwell
In the Therapy Room: When Silence Speaks Volumes
🤐 The Void That Speaks The waiting had become a presence itself, filling the room between us. Bridget sat curled into herself on my office couch, her phone clutched in her hand like a talisman that had lost its power. […]
Anxiety - Identity - Melanie Doss - Relationships
Therapy Confessions: Emotional Dependency in Relationships
Julian showed up to our first session wearing Naruto socks with Birkenstocks. I remember being momentarily distracted by this fashion choice as he slumped into my chair, defeated. He was a lanky 19-year-old with perpetually tousled hair who couldn’t maintain […]
Dating - Emotional Bytes Theory - Relationships - Sophia Rivera
Therapy Confessions: Insecure Attachment
🎭 The Café Revelation I once watched a couple at a café perform the most exquisite dance of emotional distance I’d ever seen. She’d lean in; he’d shift back. He’d reach for his phone; she’d immediately check hers. The choreography […]
Anxiety - Emotional Bytes Theory - Relationships - Sophia Rivera
Therapy Confessions: The Invisible Dance of Trust and Digital Deception
Last Tuesday, a man walked into my office carrying his phone like it contained nuclear launch codes 📱. He spent twenty minutes explaining how he’d accidentally “stumbled upon” his girlfriend’s Reddit profile—after what I can only assume was a dedicated […]
Heartbreak - Sophia Rivera
Therapy Confessions: Friendship Breakups and Shame Spirals
💔 The Emotional Mathematics of Friendship Loss Let me tell you about the emotional mathematics of friendship breakups: they hit with approximately 3.7 times the force of romantic ones, yet receive about 0.02% of the cultural sympathy. Everyone prepares you […]