My partner and I are both perfectionists who've spent years building a safe, predictable life together, and now we feel stuck in this bubble where neither of us wants to be the one who suggests taking any real risks. We both secretly want to make bigger moves—maybe starting that business, moving abroad, having kids—but we've gotten so good at protecting each other from uncertainty that we're protecting ourselves out of actually living.
More people experience this than they realize.
Mutual risk aversion in intimate relationships can create a prison of safety that slowly suffocates the very aliveness it was meant to protect.
“Where Are You with Risk-taking — philosophy and psychology?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.