My wife and I moved to a rural area to live closer to nature, but she's struggling with the isolation while I love the quiet, and we both feel guilty that our different responses to being surrounded by forest are creating distance between us instead of bringing us closer.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're learning that sharing a physical environment doesn't guarantee sharing an emotional experience of it, and the mismatch feels like a failure of compatibility.
“Where Are You with Forests — ancient and new?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.