My partner and I are both therapists and we lost our colleague in a suicide last month, but we keep falling into clinical language when we talk about it together instead of just being two people who are sad. We can't seem to turn off our professional selves even with each other and it's keeping us from really grieving together.
More people experience this than they realize.
Sometimes expertise becomes a barrier to authentic feeling, even in our most intimate relationships.
“Where Are You with What not to say to a grieving person?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.