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We're told no one can make us feel anything... Yeah right

The Overwhelmed Brain

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How to Approach a Relationship Problem in a Healthy Way

In an email, a person writes to say that their partner gets uncomfortable when they express how they feel about something. "I realized my feelings matter, so I've taken up the practice of expressing them," she says. But he either gaslights her or attacks her character through anger and retreats in outright ignores that she's here. In this case, it could be more than passive-aggressiveness; there may be something else going on underneath as well.

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