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The Silent Treatment: When You Apologize Just to Get the Door Open Again
Does your partner go silent for hours or days after a conflict, a boundary, or a request for accountability? The silent treatment can leave you searching for the right text, replaying the last conversation, or apologizing just to get the door open again. But not every quiet moment is manipulation. People may need time to regulate, think, or avoid saying something they regret. The difference is the pattern: whether the pause is explained, whether both people can agree on when to reconnect, and whether the person returns willing to repair what happened.
In this episode of Dark Mind…
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