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How to stop stonewalling when it's your survival mechanism

My wife says I shut down during arguments just like my father did, but I don't know what else to do when she gets upset - silence was survival in my house.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The protective withdrawal that ensured childhood safety becomes the very thing that destroys adult love.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Family-of-origin patterns in adult love?”

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