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Old May 16, 2014, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Iwanttochange View Post
So heres the thing: I have a masters in Counseling. I was a play therapist for children for 3 years. I learned all about how to counsel people, how to diagnose people, what answers counselors/psychologists are looking for, etc. So, it makes it hard for me not to over analyze all of my feelings and others' feelings. If I go to counseling, I think about what the right answer should be, or what technique the counselor is using and why. At home I think about my thoughts and what having depressive thoughts mean and if I ask a question this way would the response be different than if I asked it another way.

And then, there are times that I throw all of that out the window and just scream and yell and nag and argue. But I'm constantly thinking of all the negative things in my life. How I hate my job. How I don't like fundamental things about my soon to be In-Laws. How Im not even sure I like my fiancé anymore. How no one takes the time to "hear" me or understand all of these thoughts.

And then the guilt and shame comes. I feel guilty that Im always so negative and making others's lives around me so horrible. I work with my fiancé and my brother - all day, 5 days a week - from my fiancé and I's home. (We are trying to get an office, but its taking forever). I fight with them all day, even just about doing my job. And that makes their job harder.

I want to work on becoming more positive. Joining this forum is my first step. Ive started exercising and eating healthier as well. I just can't tell if the feelings I'm having towards my fiancé are because I don't like him or because Im unhappy with myself. But I need to figure it out soon because we are getting married this year!
I do hope that you figure it out sooner than later. I arrived at your conclusions way too late...10 years as a clinician, now working in a family owned business with my wife doing something that she enjoys but I loathe (and that is not even close to explaining the intensity of my disdain for what I do)...That said, I'm not unhappy with my wife (of nearly 20 years), I'm upset that I didn't take a stand and continue with the work that I loved and let her do her own thing employment-wise. Working together in a business is something that can be good for some, but for us it is not.

This led me to some of the same conclusions as you have - questioning whether or not I'm unhappy in my relationship or with myself. For a bit, I thought it was me, but I'm learning that it's a complicated mix of things.

So now, I'm exercising, eating a bit better and trying like heck to extricate myself from a business relationship so that I can bring the life back into my marriage relationship (which is doing well, but has done so much better)...

Best to you...