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I need help

Flavio called and suggested I see someone. A therapist. He said I can't process this alone.

He's right. But I don't know where to start. I don't know how to explain what I'm feeling without sounding like a complete sociopath.

Devastation. Guilt. Responsibility about the baby. But underneath all of that, a small, shameful voice that's relieved Sonya is gone because it validates my own unhappiness. Like her pain proves I was right to be thinking about leaving.

I'm going to find a therapist. Not because I want to change. But because I need someone to help me perform the role of a man who wants to change.

Comments

  1. luigir

    Yes, Mario. Please reach out for professional support. This is too much to carry alone.

  2. therapist_Dr_Bernini

    What you wrote is brutally honest. That honesty is the only thread worth pulling in therapy—if you stop performing for one hour a week, something might move.

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