Another common coping style is to move away from the other person, trying to
avoid painful conflict and not feel your unmet need for connection.
Not exact matches
Conflict can be especially painful in personal matters such as: children, homes, property, income, and debts.Do not try to avoid the messiness of conflict because then you avoid clarity, resolve and the self - determination at the heart of the
Conflict can be especially
painful in personal matters such as: children, homes, property, income, and debts.Do not try to
avoid the messiness of
conflict because then you avoid clarity, resolve and the self - determination at the heart of the
conflict because then you
avoid clarity, resolve and the self - determination at the heart of the process.
But when you can't
avoid or arrest a
painful conflict, the third best time to mitigate its power is after the fact.
To say that Joan and Frank were constantly arguing is an understatement — marital
conflict and relationship problems had become the norm, and to adapt to this
painful reality, the couple simply started
avoiding one another.
Couple Spotlight: Meet Joan and Frank (and how an old song turned their marriage around) To say that Joan and Frank were constantly arguing is an understatement — marital
conflict and relationship problems had become the norm, and to adapt to this
painful reality, the couple simply started
avoiding one another.
Either way, most couples experience
conflict as frustrating and
painful, something they want to
avoid.