Stefanie Stahl is a bestselling author and psychotherapist, Lukas Klaschinski is a podcast star and psychologist – together they write a column every two weeks on topics related to love, family and partnership. This time it’s about how relationships can endure when one partner is suffering from a heavy burden.
By Stefanie Stahl and Lukas Klaschinski
Stephanie Stahl: Practically everyone who has ever had a binding partnership knows them: crises. We often talk about crises within the partnership – and their solutions: communication problems, different wishes and expectations, sexual dissatisfaction or infidelity, and and and. But there is another type of crisis that can affect our partnership: namely when a partner experiences severe external stress – for example a stroke of fate such as a serious illness, the death of a loved one or an unexpected termination. Even if this stress does not affect us directly, it affects our own well-being and the partnership.
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