Nate you have this, pull on all the resources you have from other areas of your life. There are bits in your post at times that I know exactly the strength of character you have, and I get the sense that you have good skills at weighing up strategies and interventions that would work well. You have these abilties. Sometimes we forget in times of emotional overwhelm but they are there.
I wonder is some of this is about finding the balance between when to let yourself feel emotion and when to contain it. I keep coming back to your experience in the miltary. Is this right? Are there skills and resources from there that could help when engaging with W?
I am not sure if this is the best way to think about it because maybe feeling emotion is exactly what you need to be doing. I'm just not sure if it is serving you very well when dealing with your W.
I am so happy to see Fogg posting on your thread. He is man of great emotional balance and is extremely considered about when and how he expresses emotion to his W. He is a sensitive, emotional and thoughtful man. He provides solid advice with much care. He is worthy of you listening to.
