@thepottymouthguru: Not every difficult conversation needs to happen immediately. Sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is take a break, regulate your nervous system, and come back when you can be more present. The important question isn't whether you take space. It's what the space is being used for. Are you using it to calm your body so you can reconnect? Or are you using it to avoid discomfort, accountability, or vulnerability? One creates safety. The other creates uncertainty. Over time, repeatedly leaving conversations unfinished can teach the other person that difficult emotions don't lead to repair. They lead to distance. Healthy relationships aren't built by never needing a pause. They're built by knowing you'll come back. ❤️🤟🏻🌿 #UNFUCKYOURSELF #THEPOTTYMOUTHGURU #HealthyCommunication #AttachmentHealing #Relationship
This sums up the last 4.5 years of my life. I wish I would’ve left. I feel stuck.
2026-07-11 01:56:23
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QveenBxtch :
Yeah but also these responses happen after the person has been emotionally run down and manipulated over and over again 🤷♀️
2026-07-01 18:27:56
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CrazyMadAlice🇨🇦 :
From childhood all the way to adulthood I’ve never been allowed to express any of my emotions especially if it’s “negative” because it always makes the other person feel bad, I would like to know what it feels like to be validated once in my life other than from myself. I have heard it all: let it go, just drop it, that’s old, I need to know how you’re feeling but if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all, that’s just who they are, can’t you just be the bigger person, oh my God can’t you just let bygones be bygones by now, can’t you just keep the peace
2026-07-02 12:53:11
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🏳️🌈Bec0611🏳️🌈 :
Thank you for adding on that ending. I'm guilty of these at times, but only under circumstances when my character is being attacked (legitimately). I sometimes have to walk away and take a break, but I always come back. And yes, I shut down verbally sometimes when I'm overwhelmed (AuDHD), but I stay emotionally present. I'm just not always able to put it into words. And I say that out loud - "I can't find the words right now."
2026-07-01 20:42:37
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yun :
the whataboutisms in this comments are crazy. OP's talking about these behaviours OUTSIDE of the context of abuse within the relationship. i gained these behaviours due to my parents, and it sucks but i gotta unlearn them now. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 we keep moving
2026-07-02 13:49:58
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Swaps :
Stonewalling and the silent treatment are behaviourally so similar. Is it just the intention underlying each behaviour that is main distinction?
2026-07-01 21:16:24
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🍉OurWeighofLife🍉 :
I get "leave me the fuck alone" as soon as there's any energy.. any emotion.
2026-07-05 22:29:47
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awkwardlittleduck4 :
That's why I knew his escapism wasn't healthy. I would ask for him to just let me know how much time he needed when he would leave or ignore me. It could last for hours to days to full weeks, and afterwards he would say he just needed that time to cool down. He wasn't using that time to regulate, he was avoiding the situation. And he left me disregulated, anxious, and sad for such lengthy times that it disconnected me from him.
2026-07-03 03:47:21
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Clare James :
I’m confused because this just sounds like straightforward controlling or manipulating behaviour to me.
2026-07-01 21:36:35
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heatherchoi49 :
I feel triggered. This is my life.
2026-07-02 03:42:01
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Bry | Mama :
Gotta have the huge sighs and eye rolls, too.
2026-07-02 14:09:00
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TherapyWithSarahP | Ontario :
VERY true
2026-07-04 15:35:49
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Elinor :
so what is next?
2026-07-01 20:37:33
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Miranda Bailey :
That’s my ex
2026-07-03 05:23:57
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Andrew John Kitchen🇨🇦 :
does this count bailing in this circumstance: when it becomes an argument, name calling me and you alway... I then see the conversation isn't going to be productive, because they aren't receptive to conversation it feels more like just unleashing the hurt not working on the impact.
2026-07-02 19:34:49
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Sweet Strays :
My partner just sleeps or she will say “I’m going to sleep now” or “I’m tired”. I feel awful for getting angry that she sleeps. I keep saying she’s using it as an escape but she always says she often just feel tired after an emotional conversation. I understand that but that is still an escape. She never comes back.
2026-07-07 15:58:12
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Deco Desu :
How’d you record conversations with my mother?
2026-07-02 16:15:07
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sunnydays :
😳
2026-07-02 02:39:31
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Kasey bloodline :
💜
2026-07-02 03:55:18
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