I'm Having Marital Problems

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🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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I'm Having Marital Problems - Suzie feels annoyed by her second husband much like she did with her first husband. - Dr. Laura: "Pushing others away can be a sign of self-protection." | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM triumph 111.
0:11.0	Yes, I this is Dr. Lawyer. Hi, what can I help you with? I'm having marital problems. And what do you call a marital problem?
0:29.0	My husband seems like everything he does irritates me to no end. And when did that started? I'm sorry.
0:43.0	When did that start? When he come off the road and stay home all the time and and then so at night time.
0:53.0	Okay, let's just back up a little bit. How long have you been married to him?
1:00.0	16 years. And is he your first marriage? No. What happened to the first one?
1:10.0	This part with it was not good one day one and basically he did leave but it was I was actually glad when he left. It's just one of those it was not a good marriage.
1:22.0	So you married a guy on the road so you'd be glad when he left. So we really are in the same place we were earlier in your life.
1:29.0	Well, went with him on the road for several years till I physically. Are you hearing me? You like a man who isn't there.
1:37.0	Okay. So tell me how that might have come to be that you're more comfortable with your man. Not really there much.
1:52.0	That's my problem. Yeah, I did it. He gets to me and you just get to my nerves as I'm just in on it.
2:00.0	No, he's not getting on your nerves at all. There's nothing he's doing to get on your nerves. Nothing. Okay.
2:07.0	All he has to do is breathe and be home and you're not happy. Okay. This is your problem. This is not a marital problem.
2:15.0	All right.
2:18.0	Nobody ever suggested that to you. You've never been into counseling to talk about. No. Just comfort within a sea. Well, it's time.
2:28.0	You don't like to be close. You're not comfortable being close. So you find lots of reasons to be annoyed and to push away.
2:38.0	Because you're afraid of something. What would you vote be your best guess is to what you're afraid of?
2:45.0	If you didn't feel all those negative things, what would be scary about that?
2:55.0	I don't know. I'm not supposed to say I don't know, but I don't know what would be scary. I can't think why I would.
3:02.0	Yes, you can. You're choosing not to. You could. Okay. I don't. It doesn't come to my mind.
3:10.0	Okay. Then why don't you go into some long term counseling? We'll have the time to think about it and develop it.
3:16.0	But I can at least get you started. This is not a marital problem. Since how old have you been uncomfortable with the concept of being close to a man? When did that first start when you were five, 10, 12, when did that first start?
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