3 Common Mistakes We Make During An Argument With Our Partner
Love Over Addiction
Michelle Anderson
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
When you love someone suffering from addiction, everything about your relationship is different. Arguemnts can be very challenging to navigate. Today we'll talk about 3 tips to navigate arguments with your partner. And three common mistakes we make (becuase we're human). Remember that you're not alone. There's a whole community of people that are in the same situation you are.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi. How are you? How are you feeling lately? It's a tough time of year, but I'm here for you. I'm thinking of you, |
| 0:11.0 | and I want you to know that whatever you're feeling is okay and it's normal and that a lot of us can relate to you, even when it feels like the rest of the |
| 0:24.6 | world doesn't quite understand. We understand. Today we're going to talk about the three most |
| 0:33.9 | common, or maybe not, maybe I shouldn't say say most but three common mistakes we make during an |
| 0:40.2 | argument with our partner so first of all let's just get this out there it is normal to feel |
| 0:49.3 | angry when your partner lies to you about addiction. And it is perfectly acceptable to feel anger after your loved one promised you that they would |
| 1:02.0 | stop using drugs or drinking or looking at pornography or cheating. |
| 1:08.7 | And then you find out that they've started their bad habits again and it can be very |
| 1:17.6 | much a part of the healing process to feel anger or resentment even after your partner is sober because |
| 1:27.0 | of all the pain and distrust that you're |
| 1:30.3 | still trying to work through. So the key takeaway is that it is completely okay and acceptable |
| 1:40.1 | for you to have anger as part of your reaction to what's going on in your world and your life. |
| 1:47.0 | And instead of judging yourself or even worse, letting anger eat away at you, |
| 1:56.0 | we're going to talk about three helpful tips on how you can deal with your feelings of anger. |
| 2:04.9 | Number one, try not to yell and try to have a discussion when you're angry. |
| 2:13.8 | Wait, I got that wrong, you guys, but did that make sense? |
| 2:18.1 | No. |
| 2:18.8 | Let me try that again. |
| 2:21.6 | Try not to yell and try not to have a discussion when you're angry. |
| 2:28.3 | Okay, that's better. |
| 2:30.1 | So in other words, when you're experiencing feelings of anger, it's okay that you're feeling that way, |
| 2:37.7 | but then try to put yourself in a self-care time out. |
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