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When couples lose their sense of humor after surviving a natural disaster together

My partner and I survived the flooding last year and we used to joke about everything but now we can't even laugh about the water mark still on our basement wall and I don't know if we're protecting each other from something or if we've just forgotten how to be light together when everything feels so fragile.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Shared trauma has created a protective seriousness that's blocking the very lightness that could help you heal together.

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