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212. Navigating friendship conflicts and poor communication styles with a partner

Do You F*cking Mind?

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The Dangers of Silence in a Relationship

If your partner is doing this to you, then look, I don't want to be like, leave them if they're a wanker. You may very well contribute to this toxicity in the relationship. If it's something that's purely one sided, then it's a very controlling situation. Take a two hour timeout and then come back with like maybe we write something to each other and it's on paper. That's a really good way of diffusing, diffusing,diffusing. No matter how much work people do, no person wants to feel abandoned. Everyone is scared of being hurt and abandoned. So anger is most intimidating thing to respond to when you're emotionally vulnerable.

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