FSolo: "Somewhere out there is a woman who shares the depth of your soul and the fierceness of your intelligence. That woman may be your W. Right now it is not."
If by moving on, you mean detach, I am trying. I am also trying to internalize Therapist's admonition that I can't fix everything. But moving on for me does not mean NOT (pardon the emphatic double negative) taking cautious, prudent, selective advantage of opportunities to encourage W to consider an alternative version to her story. It was W's idea to have a one-off MC, but like Scheherazade, Therapist and I have been able to provide narratives that motivate her to keep going. W does want to heal and Therapist is THAT good. Ultimately, it is W's decision to continue to go.
Kiro: "It's gotta be more complicated than that..."
Yes, but everything I think is rooted in W's difficulties in processing feelings. All through W's life, people have been telling her how "nice" she is. This exacerbated by W's tendency to take emotional responsibility for the room. She now talks about having been in a long state of feeling she needed to accommodate me, kids, her family. With kids gone, I think so much of her pent up resentments need release. Close female friends of mine have noted this not unusual for women who reach a certain age. And who better for W to blame for unhappiness than the person closes to her? But we all know what that's like.
By the way, I do appreciate everyone's input and the back-and-forth. I am quite candid about whether a particular comment resonates as true for me or not. If I do not convey the latter graciously, I apologize.
