My experience and observation of such people is not that they are 'overwhelmed, ' but that they…

…Gottman calls one of the four predictors of relationship failure (what he calls the Four Horsemen). Stonewalling is what happens when a person feels overwhelmed and choose to check out emotionally, and sometimes physically, from their partner. It’s also called the silent treatment. Unfortunately, when this behavior follows love-bombing, there’s significant damage done to the partn…
How to Recover from Love-Bombing and Stonewalling
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Jul 15, 2023
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My experience and observation of such people is not that they are 'overwhelmed, ' but that they seek to punish by withholding the most basic level of acknowledging a person's presence.
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Exploring the entanglements of gender, race and class during this era of the Eurokleptocene. Let’s do better, one story, one learning, one comment at a time.
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