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When Analysis Becomes a Substitute for Emotional Presence

My wife asked me to explain why I have been distant and I gave her a perfect psychological analysis and she said she wanted to know how I felt not what I thought.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The habit of intellectual processing can prevent access to the immediate felt sense that creates genuine intimacy.

Worth thinking about

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