Two months after the divorce, I was shocked to see my ex-wife wandering aimlessly around the hospital. When I learned the truth, I collapsed.

Dr. Michael Roberts helped me understand that many of Rebecca’s behaviors during our marriage were not a way of rejecting me. They were symptoms of a serious disorder that was silently worsening.

« Fear of judgment can prevent people from asking for help, » he explained. « Then the situation worsens and the fear intensifies. Rebecca was trapped in this vicious cycle. »

Over the course of these sessions, I began to perceive our marriage from her point of view. Every event she avoided, every responsibility she seemed to neglect, every argument we had about her behavior was filtered through an anxiety she couldn’t express aloud.

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