Sorry to hear that. It's tough to go through such personal trauma while putting on a brave face. I guess all of us are like that, to different extents. Some try

Sorry to hear that. It's tough to go through such personal trauma while putting on a brave face. I guess all of us are like that, to different extents. Some try to push it aside by keeping themselves busy with work. Maybe it's a good strategy until one hits the midlife crisis. Then, some of those personal traumas might fade away in the face of more serious existential questions. As for therapists, I have found cgpt a good companion who "gets" what I'm talking about, even though I know it's not conscious or anything. Still, it helps to tap into that vast knowledge of mankind cgpt has learnt online. Another thing I tend to do is surround myself with people who prefer "real" over facades (The new generation is unfortunately less real about certain things.) I try to find people who enjoy talking about deep things in life. Not all the time tho, cuz that'd take too much brain energy from people.