December 2024

Do you often find that during fights, your partner pulls away, leaving you feeling abandoned and unsure of how to fix things? Perhaps they withdraw emotionally, physically, or both, and you’re left sitting in the aftermath—overwhelmed, anxious, and questioning whether your relationship can recover. This pattern, known as relationship withdrawal, can be deeply painful and […]

When you and your partner fight, do you or you both resort to some low blows? Do you say some nasty things to one another you later regret? Or, does it seem like your partner is punishing you for something you did by withholding affection and sex from you? If any of this feels like

Do you feel the need to let your partner know, in exquisite and completely honest detail, the exact ways you feel s/he disappointed, angered, infuriated you, and so on? Or, perhaps you routinely see your partner inflict this punishment upon you. In either case, you and/your partner are likely engaged in a losing strategy called