Things are improving for Louise, but she still doesn't feel ready to engage in activities with her husband that they used to enjoy together.
Transcript
Je dirais un mélange des deux. Il y en a que ça va être des choses courtes, traditionnelles, puis il y a des choses que ça va être quasiment reliées plus à mes angoisses, à mes… mon mal-être des fois, que ça soit mettons une activité qu’il veut faire parce qu’il y a… Présentement, il n’a pas encore… T’sais je ne peux pas… Il y a des choses que je sais que je peux les faire, puis je ne suis pas encore prête. Fait que t’sais des choses mettons qu’il a envie de faire et que là, t’sais il me voit reculer ou encore il veut inviter des amis à la maison, puis moi mon côté social, il est encore un peu fragile. Alors… Mais t’sais il voit les efforts que je fais, fait que ça va super bien maintenant. Parce qu’avant, je ne lui en parlais pas, fait qu’il ne comprenait juste pas. Maintenant, il peut comprendre puis il voit que j’y vais par l’avant, fait que ça va bien. Fait que c’est… Il y a des choses que je dirais, oui, effectivement les séquelles, puis il y a des choses que c’est des trucs plus traditionnelles de couples là.
[I would say a mix of both. Some things are short-term, traditional issues, and some things are more connected to my anxieties, to my… my unease sometimes — like, let’s say, an activity he wants to do because he… Right now, he hasn’t yet… You know, I can’t… There are things I know I can do, but I’m not ready yet. So, you know, things he wants to do, and then he sees me pulling back, or when he wants to invite friends over, and my social side is still a bit fragile. So… But you know, he sees the efforts I’m making, so now it’s going really well. Because before, I wouldn’t talk to him about it, so he just didn’t understand. Now he can understand and he sees that I’m moving forward, so it’s going well. So it’s… There are things that I would say, yes, are definitely lingering effects, and others that are more just typical couple stuff.] Translation from the original French.
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