My wife and I both have trauma histories and we thought therapy would help us understand each other better but instead we're comparing wounds and keeping score of who had it worse and I can feel us getting more distant even as we're supposedly healing.
More people experience this than they realize.
Healing work intended to create intimacy becomes a site of comparison and emotional competition.
“Where Are You with Mindfulness as psychological intervention?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.