The Silent Marriage: How Passive Aggression Steals Your Happiness, 2nd Edition

It’s only recently that the real impact of passive-aggressive behavior on a relationship has been identified in all of its destructive impacts. Women like you could be subjected to weeks of isolation and neglect, while some people would consider this situation as “normal” for any marriage. Now we know It causes women to develop a progressive feeling of isolation, of being left emotionally dry and bereft precisely in the most intimate of relationships. Whatever the degree of emotional detachment they experience, the impact on their self-esteem is very profound and long lasting. In this new, revised edition, this book actually describes the frustration of your emotional needs caused by the silent marriage, followed by mental confusion, imprecise guilt feelings, the impression of walking on eggshells to avoid being rejected, together with extreme loneliness and depression. This is an important book because it focuses on this toxic behavior, going to describe the whole passive-aggressive marriage and its impact on your self-esteem and well being. Even when you don’t consider his withholding of connection a kind of abuse in the marriage, the fact that spouses are emotionally dependent on each other for love and support makes you chronically starved for his love and attention. You can even wonder if this is his way to control and reduce the degree of joy and happiness you could experience? If this is the case, resentment creeps in and destroys any remaining trust. This book provides you with learning strategies and alternatives to counter his passive-aggressive communication style, without resorting to violence, begging, or other tricks. It will also give you a map that could actually help your partner to see through his behavior and understand what is he doing to sabotage the marriage. Overall this expanded and revised 2015 edition is full of practical tips and strategies to protect yourself and motivate you to be happier with or without him. It will help you to move your relationship from the current standstill to a