Our Family Therapist Saved Us from Relationship Claustrophobia.
It's been five years since our marriage and I don't know when it started or how it started. I was feeling claustrophobic. Not only I, but my husband was also yearning for some time apart. The feeling was foreign and alien, and it took us both by surprise. How can a married couple who dreamt about spending their lives together think about spending time apart? I felt guilty. We both did. We hid what we wanted (a little time for ourselves) and started to act like everything was normal. For instance, when my husband returned from work and wanted to watch a movie together (our routine), I pretended to be excited and sat through it. Even though what I wanted was to spend some time with my book. My husband was also putting up the act of enjoying the movie because it was "our routine" - I found about it in our marriage and family therapist's office in Newtown . I am sure that many couples like us feel the pangs of "relationship claustrophobia." They feel ...