Our friend group imploded over politics during the election and some of us have started hanging out again, but we're all pretending like the things we said to each other didn't happen and it feels hollow. I miss what we had but I also can't forget some of the stuff that came out, and I don't think anyone else knows how to deal with it either.
More people experience this than they realize.
The desire to restore the group dynamic conflicts with the inability to unknow what was revealed about each other in the heat of ideological battle.
“Where Are You with Repair after conflict?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.