People who give their partner the cold shoulder — deliberately ignoring the partner or responding minimally — damage the relationship by making
their partner feel worthless and invisible, as if they're not there, not valued.
Unsurprisingly, that kind of attitude makes
partners feel worthless, invisible, unloved and undervalued, apart from the physical stress that a negative emotional environment can cause.
Not exact matches
Because women with PPD often don't realize they're depressed, she advises putting your friends, family, and
partner on the lookout for the warning signs:
Feeling sad and uninterested in life, having problems eating or sleeping (or sleeping too much), withdrawing from friends and family, feeling worthless, having thoughts of wanting to harm your baby, or wishing your baby wasn't
Feeling sad and uninterested in life, having problems eating or sleeping (or sleeping too much), withdrawing from friends and family,
feeling worthless, having thoughts of wanting to harm your baby, or wishing your baby wasn't
feeling worthless, having thoughts of wanting to harm your baby, or wishing your baby wasn't there.
Being with a
partner who makes you
feel worthless, or who puts you down to make themselves
feel better, or who denies you your basic right to be whoever you want to be, is not a
partner worth being with.
By ignoring your
partner's requests for attention, you can make them
feel worthless or ignored, eventually killing the love they
feel.
Does your
partner make you
feel that you are beneath consideration or
worthless?
Often the news of an affair is like a bomb going off in the middle of the relationship, and it may take the other
partner completely by surprise, making that person
feel shocked, betrayed, angry, jealous,
worthless, lonely, or confused.
Using Emotional Abuse: playing mind games to make your
partner feel bad, guilty or crazy, humiliating your
partner, insulting your
partner, calling them stupid,
worthless or no good (in front of people or not).