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When your partner's love language conflicts with your triggers

My girlfriend's love language is gifts but I grew up poor and spending money on non-essentials gives me anxiety, so I feel like I can't love her right without triggering my own trauma.

Mira
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision between how we need to give love and how our partner needs to receive it can expose our deepest wounds.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The love languages — examined critically?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.