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When togetherness becomes too much in a relationship

My partner and I both work from home now and we are together constantly and I am starting to feel suffocated but I do not know how to ask for space without hurting her feelings.

Mira
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Love requires both intimacy and autonomy, but asking for space can feel like rejection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Long-term partnership — sustaining love over time?”

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