My partner and I started doing ice baths together to get healthier but now it's become this weird competition where we both pretend we're not bothered by the cold and neither of us will admit when we want to get out first. We've turned something that was supposed to bring us closer into another way to perform for each other.
More people experience this than they realize.
The vulnerability required for authentic practice becomes impossible when partners can't drop their masks with each other.
“Where Are You with Water — drinking swimming immersion as practice?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.