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How to Love Someone Who Won't Let You See Their Pain

I walked in on my husband crying alone in the kitchen and when I tried to comfort him he pretended nothing was wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to protect others from our suffering can paradoxically create the very isolation we fear.

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