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The average person spends nearly 700 hours a year living inside unresolved conflict patterns. That's not just the big blowups. It's the 3am argument replay, the "I'm fine" you didn't mean, the friendship losing air, the family dinner where you become a different person. If you've ever felt like you know exactly what you should do and still can't stop doing the other thing, this is for you.

We chose our partners. Our kids didn't get a vote. And then we expected everyone, including ourselves, to just be fine with it. Here's what therapy taught me this week.

Everyone calls their ex a narcissist. But Narcissistic Personality Disorder affects roughly 1-5% of the population. The person making your life impossible is probably something else entirely, and that distinction matters more than you think, because it changes everything about how you respond.