January 20, 2012 – 3:20 pm
WE ARE STUCK IN THIS DANCE: HERS HIS I feel let down, isolated, and lonely. If I confront you to get you to see what is hurting me and come back to me.. It Just Drives You Away, You became defensive and justify yourself. If I despair, you retreat even more Then I get [...]
By Neil Warner
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Posted in assertiveness, healthy happy relationship, impact of passive aggression, passive aggressive behavior, Passive Aggressive Husband, passive aggressive marriage, Relationship Repair
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Also tagged appreciation, cold shoulder, communication, detachment, disengaged feeling, emotional needs, human needs, hurt, loneliness, silence
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October 21, 2011 – 11:34 am
photo credit: ValetheKid Some of the most damaging interactions between a PA husband and his wife go like this conflict escalation: She wants a moment of intimacy, so she shares all her feelings (no filter here); She expects husband to do the same; He doesn’t know how, he stays silent; The more she gets frustrated [...]
September 27, 2011 – 9:44 pm
While you were thinking that you were doing this “test taking” by yourself, hiding under a fake male name, or your initials, You were not alone! It was really surprising for us to begin receiving letters from the wives, just telling about their experience taking the test! Yes, they are taking the test in place [...]
By Neil Warner
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Posted in assertiveness, impact of passive aggression, passive aggressive definition, Passive Aggressive Husband, passive aggressive marriage, passive aggressive personality, toxic relationship
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Also tagged blame, confusion, control, detachment, emotional abuse, passive aggressive, passive aggressive behavior, security, silent partner
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August 30, 2011 – 8:00 am
People have different times to process emotional contents…when one person is fast to acknowledge that for them there is a need to stop interactions and protect themselves, other person could still go on and deny their personal hurt a bit longer. There is also a gender difference; where women are trained to use self-examination as [...]
By Neil Warner
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Posted in impact of passive aggression, passive aggressive behavior, Passive Aggressive Husband, passive aggressive personality, toxic relationship
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Also tagged cold shoulder, communication, detachment, disengaged feeling, divorce, emotional needs, expectations, frustrated, loneliness, passive aggression, passive aggressive behavior, Passive Aggressive Husband, resentment
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Passive aggressive behavior from a husband is not a reaction to the present wife or the present relationship; rather, it is a learned model of interpersonal attachment, wired in a person’s brain early in life. It is a pattern learned from the interaction with the mother or caretaker, who taught him in his first year [...]
By Neil Warner
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Posted in passive aggressive behavior, passive aggressive definition, Passive Aggressive Husband, passive aggressive marriage, passive aggressive personality
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Also tagged attachment patterns, attachment styles, communication, conflict, conflict coach, conflict resolution, emotional dependence, emotional needs, healthy marriage, identity, passive aggression, passive aggressive behavior, Passive Aggressive Husband, passive aggressive husbands, passive aggressive marriage, rejection, relationship conflict, respect, security, self-esteem, unhappiness
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