Express Your Feelings

It can be helpful to talk about your feelings in response to a complaint rather than let­ting those feelings dictate your response. Your partner’s complaint may cause you to feel angry, hurt, or dejected. Putting your feelings into words is probably more effective than acting them out. Responses such as yelling, stomping out of the room, crying, or retreating into a shell of despair are unlikely to lead to productive dialogue. Instead, it may be helpful to tell your partner, "That was really hard to hear, and I feel hurt" or

Love and Commnunication in Intimate Relationships

"Right now I feel angry, so I need to stop and take a few breaths and figure out what I am thinking and feeling."

Updated: 07.11.2015 — 07:17