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Recently I was at the swimming pool in Berlin with a friend. During our visit I happened to run into a good acquaintance, who was also there with her two children. While talking, I happened to look down, because I was thinking about something. Suddenly she said to me: “Don't look at my feet, the nail fungus there is terrible to look at, but I've already tried so many remedies, slight improvements have been dragging on now for many months and ........” I then asked her whether she had ever felt “soiled” or disgusted with regard to her feet.

After thinking hard, it all came pouring out of her. A few months earlier she had also wanted to go to the pool with the kids but couldn't find her pool sandals. It occurred to her that there were 2 or 3 pairs of pool sandals in her husband's shoe cabinet. The moment she tried them on, her husband came through the door and said: “ Those'll fit you, they're my ex-wife's!”
That was a hard blow! She felt so disgusted!
I do think she has now recognized this connection.
Short but to the point!
Best regards, C.P.

Note from Björn Eybl
Everything has been said, thank you for this striking report
The question arises: what can be done therapeutically? A hint to make peace with the ex-wife - and with her husband? Make peace with the athlete's foot (to break out of the vicious circle). Go back into the situation once more - then look at it differently, perhaps with humor ...