“Another thing that can happen is that people will try and talk themselves out of the emotions and their feelings. And that used to be me. So I would try to tell myself it’s not that big of a deal. Don’t bring it up is just going to cause a fight. And eventually you blow.”
“You’re sharing your emotions, and those are more vulnerable. Let’s be honest: When you share your vulnerable emotions and they aren’t received, it’s almost worse than if you hadn’t shared those vulnerable emotions at all.”
“Oftentimes our needs come from a place of a wound from our childhood. Yeah, that’s true – when you’re being raised, if your parents never listened to you, then you’re going to have a need to feel important to your spouse because you didn’t get that as a kid.”