1832: Emotional Distance in Marriage by Dr. Kathy McMahon of Couples Therapy Inc on Feeling Disconnected From Your Spouse
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The Effects of Emotional Detachment on Marriage
An emotionally unavailable person may feel disconnected, and in response may emotionally disconnect themselves. They can isolate, go silent, or act disinterested, experiencing emotional detachment. When one partner is failing to notice the signs of emotional longing it can cause a cascading impact of marital deterioration. The lonely partner becomes angry and withdraws. As we will see with Paul in our following example, he was an emotionally unavailable partner who could be helped to reconnect once the couple's dynamic was strengthened. In his case, this emotionally unavailable man was mimicking his parents. Camilla, Paul's partner, partially blames herself. She saw a relationship with an emotionally available person as something that she needed to adjust to - but
