Silent agreements are the unspoken agreements and assumed rules of engagements that we have in our relationships. A silent agreement is usually one that you have not vocally agreed to or verbally expressed. "It's almost like your reality was not acknowledged, right? ... These are things we don't talk about," she says.
Were you raised in a family with silent agreements?
Were there topics you knew you could not discuss with your parental impactors?
Did big fights or upsetting events happen only for everyone to wake up the following day and pretend they didn’t?
Or do you have unexpressed expectations for your partner, family, or friends and feel disappointed when they fail to meet them?
Silent agreements or expectations are often dysfunctional, which is why, in this episode, I am breaking down the dangers of this behavior and where it comes from. I am also giving you questions to understand where you have silent agreements in your life so you can move to expressed or clean agreements.
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