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How CBT Can Create Emotional Distance in Relationships

My anxiety responds to CBT techniques but my partner says I seem robotic and disconnected when I use them around him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Managing emotions through cognitive control can inadvertently shut down the vulnerability and spontaneity that intimacy requires.

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