How Your Relationships Suffer If Your Parents Fought A Lot
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Julia Austin
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Fighting to be right, instead of happy
Andre also says that those who grew up in tumultuous households might always be on the defense in their relationship. She’s a fan of the Gottman Method of therapy, which focuses on “Maladaptive communication patterns that can predict the end of a relationship. In terms of having experienced family discourse, seeing your parents fight…there can be defensiveness. Constantly feeling the need to make sure that your perspective is right, and not being able to take responsibility at times.”
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