My partner and I have been trying to get pregnant for three years and every month when it doesn't happen, we comfort each other less and retreat more. We're grieving the same loss but somehow growing more alone in it, and I don't know how to reach across this space we've created.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared grief is creating parallel isolation instead of deeper intimacy.
“Where Are You with Grief for lost identity — who you were before?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.