By: Mounia Sami, M.A. When things get hard and we feel like everything is going all wrong, work is stressful, relationships are strained, and loneliness settles, we might start thinking of ourselves as broken. “Why can’t I get along with other?” “Is something wrong with me?” Lots of people go to therapy because they want to “fix” themselves, implying that something is intrinsically wrong with them, that this is who they are, and they need to change. Sometimes, we are so caugh