The Long Term Decline of Marriages

People did this exercise three times, seven minutes each, at month 12, month 16 and month 20. They didn't necessarily get better, but thet sort of like the long term decline stopped. The next time the conflict arises, that's now a representation in each person's mind about how to handle it. We have these sort of like self fulfilling prophecies, rightly? Yes, we have startypes about people. And one of the things that interventions do is that they can help people get out of those cycles and then produce the kind of better outcomes for both parties.