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When partners struggle between fixing and witnessing during perimenopause

My husband keeps researching treatments and supplements for my perimenopause symptoms and presenting me with solutions, but what I really need is for him to just acknowledge how hard this is without trying to fix it. He feels helpless when he can't solve this for me, and I feel unseen when he keeps focusing on fixing instead of witnessing, and we're both getting more frustrated with each other.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Different expressions of care can create disconnection even when love is present.

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