Introduction

All humans have some degree of discomfort with conflict and criticism. Plenty of us feel very frightened by people having differing opinions to us, or just well, not being like us. It's why we people please and tell them what we think they want to hear. And find it particularly frettening when it comes to our intimate relationships. We might feel very uncomfortable getting into what feel like debate type conversations with friends or family or romantic partner. Or we can even feel uncomfortable acknowledging to ourselves, never mind to them, that we disagree with something they've said or done.