“My stomach is in knots. I just shut down when she gets like that. Is there something wrong with me? She says I need to learn to communicate better, but I just can’t. Am I weird?”
Lots of men tell me this. And, of course, an occasional woman. They are referring to how they feel in the face of their partner’s emotionally-charged criticism and complaint. They wonder why they can’t respond and they’re worried about the conflict and distance growing between them and their partner.
So what’s going on?
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