My wife and I are both therapists and we thought we'd be great at communicating with each other but we've created this meta-conversation hell where we're constantly analyzing our relationship instead of just being in it. We can't seem to turn off the professional observer mode when we're together.
More people experience this than they realize.
Professional skills meant to heal others become barriers to authentic intimacy when turned inward without boundaries.
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