Sex Worth Wanting
Conversations with Dr. Jennifer
The Microcosm of Anxiety
The husband handles his anxiety by getting people to do what he wants. He's always like coming up with ideas that the wife then fears because she's afraid they're going to become her new dictates of her life. And for him to wake up to the fact that he handles his anxiety through a kind of taking that he goes blind to calls it just standing up for good. Think how hard it is to be playful in a dynamic where you feel like you have to yield to the other person to keep them happy. There is no play. It's just duty. So yeah, so that's an example of one dynamic and that I've worked with many couples who do that precise one"
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