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at first it may seem odd to imagine
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becoming frustrated with a partner for
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being overly reasonable or logical
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during a discussion after all we tend to
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Value logic and rationality how then
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could these qualities become problematic
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in the context of love when we Face
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difficulties what we often seek from our
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partner isn't a solution but a sense of
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understanding and emotional connection
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we're looking for Comfort reassurance
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and empathy not logical explanations in
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these moments a partner's excessively l
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iCal response can feel less like
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kindness and more like thinly veiled
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impatience take for example someone who
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confides in their partner about a fear
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of heights logically they know the
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balcony won't collapse it's wellb built
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and secured by experts but this
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knowledge doesn't soothe their anxiety
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if the partner responds by explaining
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the laws of physics the anxious person
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won't feel reassured instead they'll
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feel misunderstood the problem isn't
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rational so a rational response misses
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the point many of our worries are like
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this they may not be reasonable but they
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feel real nonetheless we might feel
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guilty about not doing enough for our
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parents even if we've been attentive and
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caring we may worry about money despite
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being financially secure or feel
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unattractive even when others don't
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share that view we might obsess
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overpacking for a trip fear giving a
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speech or feel like a failure despite
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evidence to the contrary when we share
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these feelings logical reassurances like
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reminders that we've packed everything
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or that public speaking isn't
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lifethreatening can feel dismissive or
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even condescending it's as though our
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partner is implying that our fears are
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irrational making us feel as if we're
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not sane What's Happening Here is not a
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failure of intelligence but a lack of
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emotional Insight an excessively logical
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response overlooks the complexities of
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human psychology of course our fears
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often stem from irrational places
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childhood experiences buried shame or
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unresolved emotional pain these these
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concerns may not align with conventional
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logic but they follow an internal
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emotional logic that deserves empathy
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when a partner responds to our pain with
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cold reason it's not that we want them
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to abandon logic entirely rather we want
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them to use their intelligence to offer
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comfort and understanding we want them
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to recognize the weird messy aspects of
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Human Experience including their own and
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meet us there we need them to
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acknowledge our fears offer consolation
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and remind us that things will probably
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sometimes however a partner's overly
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logical responses might not be
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accidental they may be a subtle form of
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retaliation perhaps the partner has
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tried to be empathetic in the past but
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felt ignored or unappreciated their
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detached reasoning might be a way of
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signaling unmet emotional needs if two
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people were being truly logical in the
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deeper sense fully attuned to emotional
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complexities they might set aside the
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argument about why are you being so
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rational and instead ask have I hurt or
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neglected you in some way way that would
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be an application of true logic one that
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seeks understanding Fosters connection
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and supports the emotional needs of both
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Partners have you ever experienced a
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moment where logic felt like the wrong
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response in love how do you balance
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reason with emotional understanding in
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your relationships let us know your
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