My best friend and I both moved away from our hometown for work and we've been doing these intense video calls every week to stay connected, but lately it feels like we're performing closeness instead of actually having it and neither of us wants to admit that distance might be changing us. We keep saying 'nothing has to change' but everything already has.
More people experience this than they realize.
The harder you grip connection across distance, the more artificial it can become, leaving both people exhausted by the performance of intimacy.
“Where Are You with Solitude and belonging — the necessary tension?”
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.