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Jan 12, 2017, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by divine1966
I think it's more than being annoyed. She says she walks on eggshells and can't focus at work because she worries that he will become mad about something when she goes home. She also is afraid of his reaction if she goes somewhere and does something. It doesn't mean she is afraid of physical assault but she is still experience lots of anxiety and fear over his behavior and his reactions to something he perceives she does wrong. She is afraid to tell him what she feels. It's more than annoyance.
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Sorry, wrong choice of words. I didn't mean to understate what she was feeling.
I think there is an interesting dynamic here that he is basically controlling her emotions by making her walk on eggshells around his emotional reactions. Textbook codependency going on here. I recommend the OP check out a codependents anonymous meeting. I'm sure they have one in her town. Plus it's totally anonymous, and she could just say she's going to run errands, or going to a church meeting or bible study, something innocuous.
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