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How to Manage Shutting Down in Yourself or Your Partner

Few things feel more lonely in a relationship than trying to reach someone who has gone quiet.

They stop talking.

They pull away.

They look checked out.

It all can feel like they don’t care.

But that’s usually not what’s happening.

What’s really happening beneath withdrawal, shutdown, and stonewalling affects both your nervous system and the relationship more than we realize. In this week’s episode, How to Manage Shutting Down in Yourself or Your Partner, I walk you through how to begin shifting that pattern.

Because when someone shuts down, what look like indifference…

it’s actually a coping…

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