True Underlying Issues: Relationship Reality Check Pt6

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In part six of Relationship “Reality Check: How Fun Are You To Live With”; Dr. Phil unveils the intricacies of misdirection in relationships, emphasizing its profound impact on communication and resolution. Learn how misdirection in relationships, akin to a magician's act, often keeps us from addressing the real issues that matter. By distinguishing between topics and deeper issues and finding the courage to confront the latter, we can foster more authentic communication and work towards healthier, more fulfilling relationships. For more information: https://drphilintheblanks.com - Thank you for sharing, rating and following my podcast! Advertise with us: https://www.advertisecast.com/PhilintheBlanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	People that are in a relationship that is fun and spontaneous, they'll tease each other.
0:06.0	And it just seems like they're trying to stay sharp with each other,
0:10.0	but there's a difference between teasing and being mean-spirited.
0:14.6	When you're a scorekeeper, everything is tit for tat.
0:18.5	If I do a UOMB, when you start keeping score, there's going to be a winner and a loser.
0:25.8	You don't want your partner to be a loser in competition with you.
0:38.8	It's Dr. Phil, welcome back to Phil and the Blanks. We're in the middle of our relationship reality
0:44.6	check. You guys know that I've subtitled this, how much fun are you to live with?
0:50.0	Think about that question. How much fun are you to live with?
0:54.8	Plus not always about yucking it up and fun is not always about laughing and playing games
1:00.5	and being on vacation. When I say fun, that can also mean how peaceful are you to be with?
1:08.4	How easy are you to be around? How safe do someone feel around you emotionally?
1:15.2	So when I'm talking about how much fun are you to live with, I mean mentally, emotionally,
1:22.3	physically, in every possible way, how much fun are you to live with?
1:28.9	Last time we were talking about what I call your bad spirit, that part of you that gets in
1:35.2	the way of somebody feeling all of those things I just described. There's a few more sides to
1:41.0	this bad spirit that I want to talk about. Remember I said, I don't care what relationship we're
1:46.8	talking about. Romantic relationship, friend relationship, work relationship, family relationship,
1:53.2	whatever relationship you enter, you either contribute to or contaminate that relationship.
1:59.6	You might contribute to one, get up and walk into the next room and contaminate that one.
2:04.4	So you're not always a contributor or always a contaminator. It's situation specific.
2:10.4	Now, I've said that I'm going to focus on your significant other relationship here as our
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