“Even if the perspective of the other person absolutely makes no sense to you logically, you should validate it,” says Carolyn Daitch , a licensed psychologist and director of the Center for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Farmington Hills, Mich. Try to understand your partner’s fears and worries, or at least acknowledge that those fears and worries are real to your partner, before addressing why such things might be irrational.
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