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Default May 23, 2019 at 08:59 AM
 
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Originally Posted by SummerTime12 View Post
I just don’t want to feel worthless anymore and like I’m a bother to my husband. This is good for me though because even though intellectually I’ve been able to make this connection before (that I’m actually upset about something else and I’m just having an extreme reaction to it), this time my feelings were able to follow almost immediately and actually feel upset about the event that made me upset in the first place, instead of turning it all inward towards myself.
I think this is a really important recognition for you. And although it's standard psychotherapy trite b.s. to say "nobody can MAKE you feel anything," I would suggest perhaps this is a sign that this relationship is not right for you, no matter how you label his behavior.
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