Q&A How Can I Get My Spouse to Understand What I Need?

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Question

Sometimes when I’m angry, flooding, or question my spouse, they get defensive and say that I shouldn’t be flooding. When this happens all I need is to be reassured and held. I so badly want someone to explain this concept to my spouse. My spouse causes the flooding to escalate which takes me to the lowest of lows and he decides the reassurance isn’t something that I need.

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I would highly recommend giving this a try.
 
-D, Texas