When Your Spouse Overracts
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
When you or your spouse overreact to a problem, it can lead to hurt feelings and stress in your relationship. As emotions run high, diffusing the tension is critical for the health of your marriage. John, Greg and Erin will provide some help for couples who are facing unresolved conflict. Featuring Milan and Kay Yerkovich.
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| 1:12.0 | I wonder if you've ever said something to your spouse, but then, wow, you kind of got |
| 1:17.1 | shocked by how upset he or she responded. |
| 1:19.9 | I mean, there have been times when I've said what I thought was a casual observation to Dina and she just erupts and it's sort of like where did that come from? |
| 1:28.6 | And then I realize, oh well actually it was a slow... It happened just the other day in fact I came home from a trip and I |
| 1:35.0 | walked in and it was about I don't know three or four little minor exchanges between us |
| 1:41.6 | that she just she looked at me and she just said that's like the |
| 1:45.0 | third or fourth time you've said something negative to me what's that about and |
| 1:48.8 | she didn't overreact but I was totally unaware of what I was doing to trigger her. I'm sure |
| 1:56.1 | you two both being marriage professionals don't ever have that happen ever yeah ever |
| 2:01.0 | ever never one time we were going to a soccer game, our youngest daughter's soccer game. |
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