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Is Your Partner Showing Withdrawn Behavior? | GrowingSelf.com

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Does your partner show withdrawn behavior? As a couples counselor and marriage counselor with decades of experience helping couples grow together, I know that few things are as frustrating, or as hurtful as trying to communicate with an avoidant partner who refuses to engage with you. It’s hard NOT to get upset and angry when you’re feeling rejected, unloved, or uncared for when your partner shuts you out, gets defensive, or invalidates your feelings. As I wrote in “How to Communicate With Someone Who Shuts Down,” the problem is that many people who clam up as a defensive strategy when things get tense don’t understand how destructive their behaviors can be to your relationship. They often feel like they’re trying to protect the relationship from conflict with withdrawn behavior. Of course, this strategy generally leads to more conflict as the person attempting to get through (like you) will naturally become more and more upset when you feel like you can’t actually get through. This co

Is Your Partner Showing Withdrawn Behavior? Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Share Mail Facebook Instagram How to Communicate With a Partner Who Shows Withdrawn Behavior Does your partner show withdrawn behavior? As a couples counselor and marriage counselor with decades of experience helping couples grow together, I know that few things are as frustrating, or as hurtful as trying to communicate with an avoidant partner who refuses to engage with you. It’s hard NOT to get upset and angry when you’re feeling rejected, unloved, or uncared for when your partner shuts you out, gets defensive , or in

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