My partner and I have been trying to conceive for three years through IVF and the medical appointments, hormone cycles, and constant hope-disappointment cycle is making us feel like strangers who happen to share this incredibly intense thing but can't actually talk about it.
More people experience this than they realize.
Profound shared experience can paradoxically create distance when each person's coping mechanisms prevent genuine encounter with the other's reality.
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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.