Create a deep emotional connection
from Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Sue Johnson
How to Apply This
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Understand each other.
Share your deepest fears and needs with your partner - they are reasons for arguments without resolution. For example, fear of being alone, fear of losing control, and fear of abandonment. Are these fears causing you to behave in a way that initiates arguments in your relationship? -
Open to emotional closeness.
Directly say the attachment needs that only your partner can satisfy. For example, "I want you to love me the way I am, no matter what,"; "I want you to hug me more,"; "I need you to tell me you love me often,"; "I need to feel respected, safe, needed," etc.
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