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Scenario

When intimate partners cannot understand your relationship to safety

My white husband gets frustrated when I do not feel safe traveling to certain places and I cannot explain hypervigilance to someone who has never needed it.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Different relationships to state power create gaps in understanding that strain even loving relationships.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Refugee and immigration justice?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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