Dear Neil: My wife, as a child, was invalidated a lot and was made to chronically feel inadequate and not good enough. As an adult, she is verbally abusive and critical of me, and I have withdrawn from her. It has gotten to the point where I just don’t want to be around her, for […]
Volatility is Not Love
Dear Neil: I am in a three year relationship with “Goeff” who is extremely unpredictable and volatile in his emotions. Although he has never physically lost control of himself, emotionally he can get set off by anything—making a request that he do something different, disappointing him in some way or getting upset at him over […]