My wife and I have been trying to conceive for two years and the monthly cycle of hope and disappointment is destroying our intimacy — we have sex on schedule, comfort each other through the grief, but we can't seem to find our way back to each other as people rather than co-conspirators in this project.
More people experience this than they realize.
When a shared longing becomes the organizing principle of a relationship, the people can disappear into the want.
“Where Are You with Islamic psychology — nafs and spiritual wellbeing?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.