Infertility and distress
Long waiting, procedures and losses that weigh on the individual and on the couple.
How it shows up
Life divides into cycles of hope and disappointment. Intimacy can become scheduled, and the body turns into a project. Often each partner grieves in their own way and each thinks the other doesn’t care.
What we do with it in therapy
We work on keeping the difference in how you grieve from becoming distance, and on what, in this period, keeps the relationship from being only a procedure.
See also
Boundaries
The line that says what is acceptable to you — and what you will do if it isn't respected.
Chronic stress
A state of permanent readiness in which the body never quite switches the alarm off.
The sandwich generation
The position of people caring at once for their children and for their parents.
