Tag: demonizing

Perhaps the most normal and least helpful response that we humans have to our emotional pain and fear is the habit of looking away or trying to suppress our feelings, especially when it comes to communicating with our spouse. Most of us are not trained or adept at dealing with the fear, rejection and pain that life and marriage often presents.

Emotional injuries from childhood that were never processed become silent filters that impact how we perceive and understand our entire lives. Our feelings can seem so large and overwhelming that they threaten to consume us whole.