“I need space!” — that’s tough!
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So many marital crises start with this phrase, “I’m not happy.” In panic mode, a spouse reacts and things get worse.
The next step is often, “I need space.” But that is even scarier! And in panic mode, a spouse reacts and things get worse.
Maybe an in-house separation. Maybe a full separation. Emotional separation becomes physical separation.
All from a spouse stating an emotional state of concern: “I’m not happy.”
One part of dealing with a marital crisis is dealing with “emotional space.” It is crucial to understand emotional space.
In this podcast episode, I want to discuss why that emotional space is so difficult to manage. Why do people get sucked into taking actions that cause more issues? Why do people find it so hard to give a spouse that requested “space”?
We discuss why “space” is so hard on this episode of the Save The Marriage Podcast. Listen below.
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