My partner and I both served on residential school truth commission interviews but they've become obsessed with reading every testimony while I can barely look at the transcripts anymore. We're processing the trauma completely differently and it's creating distance between us that we don't know how to bridge.
More people experience this than they realize.
Partners who witnessed collective trauma together discover their different coping mechanisms create isolation in their most intimate relationship.
“Where Are You with Truth and reconciliation commissions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.