What's the Difference Between Conflict and Silence?

A lot of people are just living in silent marriages, where they're not talking any more. Silence is extremely threatening and brutal a to the nervous system. So silence can be as damaging and hurtful as raising her voice or yelling. It's a human thing to be a little unresolved with someone. In our high stakes relationships, ironically, it's the hardest to work through it tively with the other person because so much is at stake.