Things We Say That Make Men Emotionally Close Up
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Julia Austin
I don’t need a therapist
I’ve been guilty of saying this to my partner when he was just asking questions to try to help me understand my own feelings. When I’m upset, I can become defensive, and when my partner tries to help me I can feel like he’s talking down to me. But, he isn’t. And when I say, “I don’t need a therapist” I am reinforcing the idea that we should both receive emotional help outside the relationship—not inside of it.
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