August 10, 2010 – 10:01 pm
There are two ways of doing life: a) Living life as it happens, in a naive way, adapting yourself to what life dishes out to you ( as the facts of family of origin; level of poverty/wealth; educational possibilities; personal health, etc), being resigned to your circumstances and seeing yourself incapable of changing anything. b) [...]
By alfaprima
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Also posted in Healthy Marriage, Marriage and Communications, Relationships, Self-Esteem
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Tagged anger, appreciation, conflict, confrontation, critique, Emotional Abuse, forgiveness, Healthy Marriage, healthy relationships, passive aggression, recognition, Relationships, respect, Self-Esteem
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Conflict-seeking people have mastered all your emotional buttons, and they push them with regularity. Here, we want to remember that it takes two to tango. When you are ready to deny them the drama and adrenaline rush (by behaving calmer and less reactive in stressful situations) they initially react very negatively, almost as if they [...]
By alfaprima
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Also posted in Anger Management, Emotional Abuse, Healthy Marriage, Self-Esteem
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Tagged aggression, anger, anger attack, attitude change, confrontation, control, Emotional Abuse, feelings, negative emotions, rejection, respect
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In old days, perhaps it was the natural marriage relationship style, the one we saw in our parents’ relationship: the dominating husband, and the sweet subservient wife. It was the norm, and people took that as the logic, expected way to be in a marriage. It had a dirty secret….if the wife would have different [...]
By norafem
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Tagged abuse, appreciation, Emotional Abuse, emotions, feelings, frustration, Healthy Marriage, humiliation, negative emotions, recognition, verbal abuse
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There is a lot of talk about emotional health now. For the body-based emotional health system, there are no “negative” or “positive” emotions. Then, emotional health is the ability to feel and express all emotions, without repression. All are legitimate reactions of a person to the environmental (external and internal) stimulus. It doesn’t mean that [...]