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When long-term relationships still feel performative

We have been together for five years and I still do not feel like I can fully be myself around him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sustained self-editing suggests fundamental acceptance deficits in intimate bonds.

Ideas that help explain it
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