My friend and I both started having breathing problems after moving to this city and we bond over complaining about the air quality, but I'm considering moving away and I'm afraid to tell them because our shared misery has become the foundation of our friendship.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared suffering can become a form of intimacy that makes it threatening to seek individual healing or change.
“Where Are You with Air quality and respiratory environment?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.