Passive Aggressive Husband

Why an emotionally unavailable husband is asking: why is she so upset with me?

He keeps asking, bewildered: “Why is she so upset with me?” Sometimes, you find a husband “surprised” at his wife reacting at him with accumulated anger: His “surprise” of course compounds her anger! His denial can only lead to a bigger fight! According to psychology research, we all use defense mechanisms…they are those mental tricks […]

“Don’t get near, I am emotionally unavailable and we will never connect…”

Emotionally unavailable partner? We understand!   Let’s imagine a person has been deeply wounded in childhood, with the results that he doesn’t believes that relationships work and that he can be loved, or respected by someone, and that absolutely he needs a loving connection in his life to thrive and be happy. We know that […]

Low self-esteem living with an emotionally unavailable spouse

Is your self-esteem getting low and lower?  Living with someone who is usually withdrawn and detached from you is heavy punishment to your self-esteem. Either you have selected this person to share your life because you need to compensate for past karma, or by sheer ignorance of his emotional availability, now it doesn’t matter. You […]