The silent treatment can sometimes be a form of emotional abuse. It is a refusal to communicate verbally with another person. People use the silent treatment in many types of relationship, including ...

John has been married to Lisa for seven years. Over time, John has noticed a troubling pattern in their relationship: during conflicts, Lisa often resorts to emotional withdrawal and gives him the ...

In fourth grade, the two Kims were the most popular girls in my class. They were my first experience of frenemies, frequently exerting their power and then punishing each other with the silent ...

You said something. Or maybe you did not say enough. And now there is just silence. No texts back. One-word answers. A wall where a person used to be. It is one of the most painful things to ...

Childhood experiences and memories are meant to be looked back with a fondness of love and joy, but for others, they can hold an undercurrent of pain and uncertainty. For those who have experienced ...

Words can certainly hurt—but so can the absence of them. If you’ve ever had a partner pretend you don’t exist mid-argument or stop talking until you take all the blame, you understand what we’re ...

Many of us have done it, but that doesn’t make it right, experts say. By Jancee Dunn One night last week, my husband, Tom, and I got into an argument. The next morning, I was still fuming. So I gave ...

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KUALA LUMPUR - When the former wife of a popular 1990s actor recently revealed that "cold violence” was the reason behind their marital breakdown, it sparked a heated debate. For years, domestic ...