Is Your Partner in the Grips of a Dark Emotion?

Many men, as we've talked about on this podcast previously, are not socialized to have a really deep relationship with their own feelings. And so emotional invalidators often will see someone in the grips of a negative emotion and be like, oh, no, I have to get them out of there because that's not good. Not recognizing that it is so positive for all of us to really be in those fully present spaces sometimes. Just to simply be present with someone when they're not okay is such a gift. It's so emotionally intimate. We don't show everyone in the world that side of us, but in our most intimate relationships, we are extending this treasure of this is how