Overcoming Resentment in Relationships
You are dating someone you love and enjoy a relationship characterized by love and respect. Implicitly or explicitly, you have expressed the desire to marry someday. But there is something (or even several things for that matter) that bugs you and fosters resentment in relationships. So much so that you wonder if you are seeing a red flag waving in the distance. You are married to a loving partner. You have been through many difficulties, but some issues are not going away, and in fact, they rear their nasty heads every time you disagree about something. It starts small, but the conflict grows and suddenly you are both overcome with rage and emotional outbursts that break down your precious relationship. You do not know how to approach those issues in a way that will resolve them. It may be that you do not know one another well enough yet and it is still early in your relationship, or you feel that the subjects are just too sensitive to confront and perhaps you fear the consequences of them being aired out between you. How to overcome resentment in relationships is a relevant question for many couples and seeks to find tools and techniques to equip you both. It is often quite helpful to speak to a trained counselor about how to best overcome challenges in a relationship. You do not have to wait for the level of resentment to build up and calcify before ironing out relationship creases. Prevention is usually a better option than a cure. How we can act in ways that build resentment in relationships Anger is a common emotion. It can make itself known in any relationship in a variety of ways despite not being directly addressed to the person who provoked it. As we know, [...]