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Bearing Your Soul: Where Intimacy and Trauma Collide

How Trauma Sneeks Into Our Close Connections and Why We Should Challenge Ourselves

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Joe Gibson
Dec 24, 2024
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How Trauma Sneaks Into Our Close Connections

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One of the biggest misconceptions I had going into my last relationship was that everything would be great if I worked on choosing the right kind of partners — those who were honest, caring, and wanted to build a future with me.

Except when I found someone who could giv…

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