Posted by Medusa on January 27, 2004, at 2:29:41
In reply to Re: Lookdownfish- maritial angst update, posted by DaisyM on January 26, 2004, at 15:19:04
> PLEASE keep sharing how you are helping your husbands cope because I feel myself withdrawing from mine -- I'm not sharing what he can't handle.
>It's not your job to help your DH cope - it's your job to change in the ways you need to, and to stick to what you need to do through his weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Resistance to change in others is a normal, healthy response. It's just the first stage - later stages are acceptance of and then support for the change.
I've seen several descriptions of the 'stages' of dealing with big, important changes in someone else. If I can find them, I'll post. But maybe someone else knows what I'm talking about?
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