You’re not a bad person for wanting to hurt him back. You’re just a person whose emotional system is trying to solve a problem it doesn’t have the right tools for.
In the Therapy Room - Monica Dean - Relationships
In the Therapy Room: Avoidant Attachment Patterns
I met Bryson on a drizzly Tuesday at a cafe near Piccadilly Gardens. He’d been referred by a friend who said he “needed to talk to someone who wouldn’t just tell him to download another meditation app.” Within ten minutes […]
Emotional Bytes Theory - Jas Mendola
I’m Uncovering the Ghost Wounds That Are Sabotaging My Relationships
He sat there, his hands folded on the table between us, eyes darting down whenever the conversation touched a nerve. His wife had sent him. He didn’t think he needed to be here. “My childhood was fine,” he said, shrugging. […]
Dating - Lola Adams
“Your Dating Life’s Groundhog Day”
She sits across from me, late-thirties, fingernails tapping on her Manhattan whiskey neat. “I attract emotionally unavailable men like I’ve got some kind of beacon. Last night I found myself googling his ex at 2 AM while he slept next […]