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The Therapy Edit

Confessions - life stress is destroying my relationship

The Therapy Edit

Anna Mathur

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9915 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today Anna tackles a new anonymous Confession from the Therapy Room;

"When life is so utterly stressful - ASD kids, or just kids!, no family support/village to speak of etc and you end up just feeling...nothing towards your partner.
You think maybe you might still like them if everything else was cleared away but really all you can feel is nothing/irritation... probably aimed at life but coming out in your marriage."


Anna replies with some compassionate advice and tips that will help everyone, regardless of whether they can relate to this confession or not.

Please note - the names and voices of some of the Ask Anna/Confessions contributors may have been changed at their request.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to The Therapy Edit. I'm your host, Psychotherapist and author Anna Martha.

0:05.2

I will be bringing you bite-sized episodes twice a week full of tips, wise words from expert guests and insights to support your mental well-being.

0:15.0

Hi everyone. Welcome to the Therapy Edit Confessions from the Therap therapy room where I talk about, I share a confession that has come in completely anonymously and I share my thoughts and therapeutic insights on this. So today, I just know this is going to feel so pertinent, so many as you listen.

0:38.8

Yeah, it's someone who is just concerned about their relationship.

0:42.3

So they have said to me, life is utterly stressful.

0:45.8

ASD kids or just kids, no family support, no village.

0:50.2

I just feel nothing towards my partner.

0:54.0

I think maybe I might still like them if everything else

0:56.5

was cleared away, but really all I feel is nothing and irritation, probably aimed at life,

1:04.3

but coming out in my marriage. Yeah, who does this resonate with? Is this resonating with you

1:10.0

as you listen? I just want to share some of my

1:12.7

thoughts. This is a lot, isn't it? Those big questions of, is this just life? Is it my relationship?

1:19.2

Can my relationship withstand this? I've got nothing left. There are times I think that we all relate to

1:24.9

when, yeah, relationships can just feel like another thing on

1:29.5

your to-do list another thing vying for your attention another reason to overlook like really pressing

1:36.5

needs that you have and it can feel like another area in which you're just disappointing someone

1:43.0

and not doing anything well.

1:47.0

So yeah, it's just understandable, isn't it?

1:49.9

That this feels heavy.

1:53.2

And yeah, there are always so many layers,

1:55.9

especially when you've got children that have additional needs,

1:58.3

layers of stress, just lots of needs coming at you,

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