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468: How to Meet Unmet Needs

Foreplay Radio – Couples and Sex Therapy

CHAPTER

The Journey from Withdrawal to Connection

This chapter delves into the journey from emotional withdrawal to connection in relationships, highlighting the role of vulnerability and trust. The speakers emphasize the importance of open communication and creating a safe space for partners to support each other through difficult times.

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Speaker 2
That was really, it really came through. And, you know, I just noticed, too, for an emotional withdrawer, so many words. You know, he just kept saying it, kept saying it. And even, it wasn't just the intention. I'm going to come through. He was coming through because he kept doing it. So
Speaker 1
that was really good. You had that shift, right? Body in, body out, where you felt that nothingness. You felt, you can't see Lori, but she's looking down as she's experiencing a nothingness. She's drifting away where you can feel the void kind of growing inside of her body. What was it like for you as Janie when you took in that importance?
Speaker 2
Yeah. I mean, my body warmed up. Yeah, I felt tethered to the earth again. Instead of scattered into all the molecules of the air, it was like kind of coming back and warmth in my whole body. I was becoming alive, right? Becoming alive. Beautiful. From that cold nothingness that's kind of a deadness into life again. I
Speaker 1
hope people get excited about that. I feel so excited. It is such a different world when you go from feeling, every fight could lead me to feeling nothing and disappearing to in that moment of greatest need, I actually could ask for help and trust my partner would show up. I mean, that is my wish for everyone on this planet. It's why we do what we do. I mean, every conversation looks differently, but it's really cool to have a map to really kind of lead people into these conversations where they can receive love where they need it the most. And it just, I mean, I could feel my own emotion. I think about how many, how many couples can, can go from feeling unsafe to safe with some of these conversations.

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