Sentences with phrase «stonewalling because»

If you're stonewalling because the circumstances are leaving you feeling overwhelmed, let the other person know how you're feeling and ask for some time to think before continuing the discussion.

We may stonewall because we don't want the situation to get worse.

Not exact matches

He even tried to stonewall the recent (partially successful) effort at additional federal funding, because he thought it would hurt suburban highways.

The protocols — a fancy word for «rules of engagement» — rose because of the county executive's stonewalling the county's chief fiscal officer's requests for records and materials, according to the comptroller.

After seven minutes of stonewalling, he finally said, «I really can't do a good job, any job, of explaining magnetic force in terms of something else that you're more familiar with because I don't understand it in terms of anything else that you're more familiar with.»

CRU feels under siege because of how THEY stonewalled.

Smith said it was necessary because, under Obama, «federal agencies often stonewalled the committee's constitutional obligations to conduct oversight.»

We know this because, even when asked for copies of his work to review, Mann stonewalled for years.

Climatologists are often frustrated by accusations that they are hiding data or the details of their models because, as NASA's Schmidt points out, much of the relevant information is in public databases or otherwise accessible — a fact that contrarians conveniently ignore when insisting that scientists stonewall their requests.

In the first session, the couple seem to have nothing wrong because they don't argue, they don't act contemptuous, and neither seems to stonewall the other.

There's no cause for alarm, because there will be no poofing or disappearing if you know just one thing: a healthy way to cope with the urge to stonewall and emotionally withdraw.

Because marriage meetings are held at a time designated for constructive communication, partners are likely to listen generously and not stonewall or become defensive.

Stonewalling is problematic, because it aggravates the person being stonewalled and it prevents the two from working on resolving the conflict together.

Stonewalling occurs when the listener withdraws from the interaction, shutting down and closing themselves off from the speaker because they are feeling overwhelmed or physiologically flooded.

He refers to this withdrawal as stonewalling and suggests that it is one of the «four horsemen of the apocalypse» — the factors most predictive of break ups and divorce.4 According to Gottman, taking a break during an argument to cool down can be beneficial because it is counterproductive to discuss relationship issues when things get too heated.

This is especially important for men to do because they more often tend to «stonewall», that is, pulling away, withdrawing, and not looking at or talking to their partner.

Stonewalling (toxic because it seems you're disengaged and couldn't care less about what your partner is saying or doing)

The types of people who respond with «I don't know...» or don't share their feelings very openly are often the people we call «withdrawers» because in a relationship conflict, they are the ones who leave the room, stonewall, or just go blank.

If you tend to stonewall, it's usually because you're trying to protect yourself against the feeling of being «flooded» with overwhelming emotions.