I'm trying to communicate better with my wife
She recommended this app. I'm new here. Don't know the first thing about psychology but she says she has anxiety over our conversations. More often lately they turn into arguments. It's been a rough year. I'm working two jobs. We've had two deaths in the family this year. And now my wife is becoming distant. What can I do?
@quietcar2013,
I don't know why your wife recommended this app. What I find useful is the so-called Demon Dialogues, by Sue Johnson. Here's a link that I find pretty useful:
https://www.bewellworld.com/article.cgi?id=Psychotherapy_240
@quietcar2013,
what I forgot to mention is that I recognize your situation. 7Cups might help, but I strongly recommend seeking professional help, like joint relationship counseling.
Wife recommended this app because she is using it and is finding some measure of help. Having only played with it for an hour or so, I'm not sure what to do here. I read the link you sent. It does roughly describe some of the arguments we have. But I don't understand what it is suggesting to stop them. It suggests that I need to understand its nature. And at that point I'm lost. I had actually suggested couples counseling yesterday, and that's when she recommended this app. It's that a feature here?
@quietcar2013,
if you want to stop the arguments you need to understand the deeper level. Have you considered counseling? If not, I would. Having arguments and ending up in patterns needs professional objective help.
I think you can talk to a listener in this app about your problems, if you don't like a listener try another one and so on.. it's good to clarify your ideas and specially so you can read what you are writing and that way you can gain perspective about your situation, I'm so sorry for what you are going through, so it's better to elaborate more about your situation, you can do it on forums or with a listener , if you look up, i also posted a thread and i also chat with listeners, if you want to you can check it out and answer too
@gabilu I don't see this thread you posted.
It's called I'm confused about my feelings now, it was posted on may 25