2024-12-01 – Health – www.theguardian.com
Emotional growth should foster better balance and accountability, not avoidance of shared obligations
The question My husband and I have been together for 20 years and have two children. He worked in the corporate world, which he increasingly hated. He kept leaving and applying for different jobs, none of which worked out, and he said this was because he was constantly overlooked for promotion. Last year he left to retrain as a therapist, something I supported him in. It was agreed I’d financially support us while he trained.
Is it a normal part of both undergoing therapy or training as a therapist to become… well… self-regarding? I am finding him increasingly hard to connect with. He seems to think only about his own needs, his own feelings, and is tuned out of the needs of others. He talks of “doing a lot of work on himself”; takes long walks; plays guitar all day and goes away with his new therapy friends.
If I ask him to help around the house, he’s resentful. He…