Chris Koerner

But to me, this was objectively the right thing.

It was showing all the signals it was growing.

We had like a few rental homes, we had some assets, and I was selling those things so my family could maintain their quality of life, right?

So I felt guilty, but I was also insulating them from feeling the pinch that I was feeling in the office, right?

And then at the end of that experiment, it all went to zero.

I was out money, I was out time, I was out everything, and I felt very guilty.

That was one example.

But thankfully, we didn't have to sell our house.

We didn't have to do anything drastic.

And what that looked like at home was dad was quiet more often than not.

Dad was grumpy more often than not.

But dad wasn't really talking freely and openly about the things he was going through because he was trying to put on a brave face and insulate the family from that.

Even when my wife was begging to know more, to get more out of me, if I talk about stressors, then it becomes more stressful to me oftentimes.

So I just keep it in.

I find the same.

I think my partner understands this of me.

And I tried to explain to her that I don't like talking about the stress because in this environment, it's actually de-stressing me from not having to explain and conversate about it.

So, which is a bit of a paradox because then they don't really understand.

And if they don't understand, they might misunderstand.

Misunderstandments might lead to arguments.