These problems arise most often in those high - income homes where children feel simultaneously a great pressure to achieve and an
emotional distance from their parents — a particularly toxic combination,
according to Luthar and Levine.
A spouse can use
emotional distancing in response to various pressures, including conflict and unforgiveness, stress, fear of judgment, past relationship hurts and differences in how you and your spouse define
emotional closeness,
according to the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center.