Many people struggle with the silent treatment as a form of conflict in relationship. The dynamic tends to be as follows: one person withdraws attention from the other, who then responds by trying to get their partner to break their silence. The more the recipient of the silent treatment attempts to break their partner’s [...]
In relationships, not all silence is the Silent Treatment. Sometimes, one partner needs more time and space to think than the other partner does. This is perfectly fine; however, if you are left wondering what your partner’s silence means, then something very important has not been communicated. You should not have to ask the question, [...]
There are all sorts of motives for and styles of the silent treatment, but they all boil down to one commonality: people give the silent treatment because it gives them control over the person they are treating with silence. If you ever got the silent treatment as a child, you can probably remember just [...]
“If you don’t already know, I’m not going to tell you.” In some relationships, this is a classic response to the question, “Is something wrong?” One person unwittingly offends the other. Instead of speaking up, the offended person withdraws, often into the silent treatment, expects the offender to read his or her mind, and becomes angry [...]
Since I wrote about the silent treatment on this site, traffic has increased- many people are looking for help in this particular department. The following was asked by a reader named Tammy, and I thought I might bring it up as an entry and do my best to address the questions asked:
I found this site [...]
I like to look at my website statistics, to see how people find this site. The keyword phrases can be pretty interesting- I get many people looking for “Zacatecas ice cream.” Many people are also looking for help with finding love, keeping love, and navigating relationships. While I can’t really offer much help in the [...]
