There is some confusion around the question: whose job is to make you happy? There seems to be two answers: 1) It’s Your Partner’s Job To Make You Happy. Has to do with a basic contract in marriage by which we will try to solve reciprocal needs: his need for appreciation will be nurtured by [...]
Posted in Healthy Marriage, Marriage and Communications, Relationships, Self-Esteem
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Tagged appreciation, conflict, connection, critique, feelings, frustration, healthy relationships, loneliness, love, Relationships, respect, understanding
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The silent treatment, also known as the “cold shoulder treatment,” consists of feigned apathy, total silence, and being distant on purpose. One person displays an attitude of complete disinterest for the spouse, as if the other person would be a complete stranger.
If you have been involved in emotionally abusive relationships, you may not have a clear idea of what a healthy relationship is like. To really know if you are in the healthy relationship necessary for your personal growth, we need to focus on the human needs we all have, and ask the fundamental question: How [...]
Posted in Emotional Abuse, Healthy Marriage, Marriage and Communications, Relationships, Self-Esteem
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Tagged anger, appreciation, control, critique, Emotional Abuse, frustration, Healthy Marriage, healthy relationships, loneliness, recognition, resentment
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Sometimes, help is coming from different sources, when you never expect it. There is a very detailed and extremely supportive article about the reasons women tell themselves they need to stay put in abusive relationships…and you need to read it all. Want to know what John Shore has to teach you? Just click here now, [...]
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Tagged abuse, anger, appreciation, domestic violence, Emotional Abuse, emotions, frustration, humiliation, loneliness, Self-Esteem
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February 18, 2010 – 1:09 am
There is this article at Ezinearticles, that we want to share with you: Unlike physical abuse, emotional abuse may not heal by itself over time. Given that its impact targets more the psychic areas than the body, you could be unconsciously scarred for a long period of time. Because the damage is on the self-esteem [...]
