Exposure therapy for A location
Hi SI community. I’m in need of some advice.
My H and I started a business a few years ago. I put a lot of my blood, sweat and tears into renovating our building, and was so proud of what we had built together. Little did I know that my H was hiding suicidal feelings and eventually slept someone in the building just after we opened. It was his "rock bottom" with his depression.
We are in MC and IC and he’s been very determined to right all his wrongs. We are much better today, but the big hangup in repairing our relationship is that building. I can’t go there. It hurts too bad. I get sick just driving on the same street as it. When I’m there all I see is all the work I put into it and how he just threw it away, along with our dream of owning that business together.
Running through the possible scenarios for our future, I don’t see how we will make it if I have so much hatred for the building. Our MC agreed that Exposure Therapy is how we should venture into getting me better…but we’re stuck on how. He’s almost paralized by the gravity of this and hasn’t done anything in 5 weeks to help me.
Has anyone experienced something like this? Any suggestions on things he can do to make me comfortable again in the building?
10 comments posted: Thursday, February 27th, 2025
