Emotional Neglect in Marriage: How it Makes Relationships Go Wrong | Dr. Jonice Webb

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  • @ttsk
    @ttsk 7 місяців тому +30

    Just watched this video and cried the whole way through. This is our marriage plus no daily meaningful interactions or small gestures of love towards each other. Its been such a long, painful road with negative memories that I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel. I honestly don't have it in me to try any more or put in any effort. A marriage where one person is full of anger, resentment, and feelings of loneliness whereas the other doesnt feel or see any of this, is a marriage that is beyond repair.

    • @vickyd7541
      @vickyd7541 6 місяців тому +2

      So familiar, I hear you.. I've been crying for as long as I remember. But don't despair or catastrophize . As painful as it is and may seem like a hopeless situation, I believe it's a very common type of relationship. In other categories it's a match between anxious (you) and avoidant (your spouse) attachment styles. I suspect that both of you experienced CEN but developed different coping strategies. Not promoting anything here, but I believe therapy, e.g. emotion-focused therapy, can be helpful if only the avoidant person is willing to look into their emotional needs which were repressed for decades. And if it can make you feel better - at least you are married. I'm not good enough for my partner to even formalize our union :(

    • @ttsk
      @ttsk 6 місяців тому

      @@vickyd7541 thank you so much for your detailed message. We did start therapy and it's definitely showed us many of the points you stated were the issue between us. He didn't know what I wanted because I would never tell him and I assumed that he should know what I need. We were definitely avoiding and coping with things the best we knew how. Things are much better, working with the right therapist is such a blessing

    • @VanessaSimon26
      @VanessaSimon26 13 днів тому

      @@vickyd7541 wow! Thank you for sharing. For me it’s 20 years of emotional neglect and sexual neglect. I am so tired. I did step out of my marriage because I was starving for love last year. It has made it worse. I don’t know if we can repair this. What if it’s Comfortable for him to be angry and hate me? That way he keeps avoiding me even more. There is so much resentment from both sides. We need a miracle

  • @SgtD1981
    @SgtD1981 11 місяців тому +37

    It’s hard to feel your feelings when you were basically raised not to feel anything. Nobody had time for feelings. Except, of course, for my mother, her feelings were the only ones that mattered.

  • @beckylloyd9267
    @beckylloyd9267 10 місяців тому +20

    I'm 75 years old and still am dealing with emotional neglect. Your descriptions of a married life when both partners are dealing with emotional neglect is a picture of my life.

  • @AzEagletarian
    @AzEagletarian 11 місяців тому +25

    The loneliness in and during my brief marriage was pervasive. I often expressed my loneliness as complaining that my ex-spouse didn't "listen" to me.

  • @leslie1536
    @leslie1536 3 місяці тому +4

    We have been married for 50 years and my husband does not know how to talk or be intimate. I’ve been lonely for 50 years.

  • @love4uallone572
    @love4uallone572 11 місяців тому +16

    Wow, you just described my marriage, my husband and I love one another but we are so bad at communicating our emotions. It even got to the point where I would avoid at all costs because it would just blow up and I couldn't deal with the confrontation. We're both getting better but this helps tremendously

  • @kbc1883
    @kbc1883 4 місяці тому +10

    The loneliest I’ve felt was on my honeymoon. He didn’t want to talk about the wedding or anything else on the 12 hr car ride. When we got there, there were finally none of the stresses or distractions that were always in the way before, just the two of us on vacation. He didn’t touch me at all, no affection, no connection. We weren’t mad., but there was just no engagement. It was soul crushing. And it was mostly like that while we were married. I remember being thrilled once when he cleaned the snow off my car on his own initiative . I felt so loved in that moment. I was so pleased with that tiny crumb because I was so starved. We divorced a few years later and I’ve never been in a long-term relationship since because it is far less lonely being single than it is being with someone who emotionally and physically rejects me.

    • @SuperHerofunfacts
      @SuperHerofunfacts Місяць тому

      I just left a emotionally neglectful women, when we got engaged she stopped being intimate, no kisses, no hugs, she would say " were in the same room, I need to touch you too ?

  • @GratefulDeb270
    @GratefulDeb270 11 місяців тому +11

    Thank you for your books. Hubby & I were both neglected. We’re learning a lot working thru both of your books. Bless you! ❤

  • @l.5832
    @l.5832 4 місяці тому +5

    I was ignored as a child. I am now in my mid 60s. Last Christmas I got no calls, no presents, and no cards. I have never ever gotten a promotion at work, despite being tops in sales and a reliable long term employee and I never had a child because I was afraid I'd be a terrible mother due to not having a good role model. I check all the boxes....I married a man who was also emotionally neglected and I thought that we could nurture each other but whereas I wanted connection that I never had growing up, he just pulled away and was walled off. We were bot neglected, but dealt with it differently.

  • @essence178
    @essence178 11 місяців тому +20

    You are so right, it is subtle and invisible....once you understand it, you can heal yourself but nobody else understands why you dont have a loving feeling for your parents....

    • @Alex-yk1cn
      @Alex-yk1cn 11 місяців тому +2

      I experience this too

  • @ShawnKatherineAdair
    @ShawnKatherineAdair 5 місяців тому +12

    Sending this to him knowing it will never get watched

    • @allaboutrap1
      @allaboutrap1 3 місяці тому +3

      Same

    • @sierraadebisi2907
      @sierraadebisi2907 2 місяці тому +1

      This almost broke my soul… I’m sorry that you are going through that 😢🫶🏽 “greater things will ye do” IJN 🙏🏼

  • @streaming5332
    @streaming5332 11 місяців тому +15

    Well explained. I did not have a marriage or a child. I feel uncomfortable trying to explain this when people ask if I have children. The non experience is not silent in this situation, it's a loud void.

    • @kbc1883
      @kbc1883 4 місяці тому

      I can so relate! I don’t have children (I fit the Childless Not By Choice category) and I’m single for 25 yrs after a brief marriage at 22. The hole it leaves is hard. People don’t understand that the grief of not being a parent goes in waves and that void has impact. Thankfully I found Jody Day’s book and the international group called the Childless Collective and it helps having that community of others who totally get it!

  • @pamelalang8488
    @pamelalang8488 11 місяців тому +14

    I have been through at least 4 or 5 therapists and none of them could help me. I have a lot of childhood trauma and all they tell me is that its a miracle I am not locked up somewhere. My husband and I have no relationship and haven't for years yet he sees nothing wrong. He thinks everything is wonderful as he sits in his room in his chair watching tv and youtube videos. I have been lonely for a long time and he refuses to go for therapy since there is nothing wrong. How do you discuss anthing with someone like that. I have tried for years to talk to him about our marriage and all he does is pout like a 2 year old. I used to get wrapped in just working all the time but recently became unable to drive and am stuck at home. What can I do? I dont believe in divorce except for cheating

    • @NathalyTannerBeauty
      @NathalyTannerBeauty 11 місяців тому +6

      I’m divorcing mine because you just described my marriage. It will never change. I rather me alone and truly be alone than being with someone and being alone

    • @pamelalang8488
      @pamelalang8488 11 місяців тому +2

      Oh, there are times that I thought of divorcing him because like you, I would rather be alone and have somebody in still feel like I’m alone. But right now I can’t drive or work so I need somebody to be there to do my grocery shopping and pick up things at the store when I need them. I have no income so I can’t really go anywhere on my own. I’m really stuck.

    • @suzannortega6671
      @suzannortega6671 11 місяців тому +3

      A lot of men are completely oblivious to the breakdown in communication- it’s really challenging & upsetting when they actually don’t think anything is wrong & just sit there smiling!!! Ugh!

    • @daisybiagioli9305
      @daisybiagioli9305 2 місяці тому

      @@pamelalang8488you are staying because need grocery pickup??!?
      First of all, and this I am sure of, you need to figure out what you want and find a way to get it, with or without him??

    • @SuperHerofunfacts
      @SuperHerofunfacts Місяць тому

      my fiance was like that, if I tried to talk she'd roll her eyes or sigh, as I'm interrupting her youtube, she hated talking about intimacy

  • @Alex-yk1cn
    @Alex-yk1cn 11 місяців тому +9

    Hi Jonice, I have watched 4 or 5 of your videos so far, and what you describe feels eerily familiar!! I can see so clearly now how this has played out in my relationships, the part I have played in them and the partners and friends I have let into my life. I have done a lot of work over the past 10-15 years so I am so ready for your insight. I just read a comment from someone below, saying "nobody else understands why you dont have a loving feeling for your parents". Makes me feel sad to hear that, but also helps me feel that I'm not alone with my experience.

  • @noeleen743
    @noeleen743 4 місяці тому +4

    We r divorced but my partner was emotionally unavailable. He suffered childhood trauma but never got therapy n became an alcoholic so we parted after 32 years. I held on as long as I could. Now i am left with a lot of resentment.

  • @JillOsgerby
    @JillOsgerby 9 місяців тому +5

    Very helpful Jonice and thank you. My husband thinks emotions are wrong and a sign of weakness .... and I am too emotional. I have shut down communication apart from practical considerations in order to protect my ‘overly emotional’ self. It is sad but necessary.

  • @leviblum443
    @leviblum443 11 місяців тому +7

    I was wondering,
    does the person who was raised in a CEN environment feels that something is not right in the marriage, or they think that it is okay, because of the environment they were raised?

    • @AllIAm1
      @AllIAm1 11 місяців тому +3

      Deep down u know something isn’t right; just like when ur a child

    • @jenynz5334
      @jenynz5334 11 місяців тому +1

      We may lie to ourselves in the same way.

  • @caressaaddair6436
    @caressaaddair6436 Місяць тому +1

    What do you do when only one partner is aware and participating in therapy, but the other refuses?

  • @Suelynngrr
    @Suelynngrr 11 місяців тому +6

    Absolutely SPOT ON!!! Thank you for this.

  • @scottdecker3463
    @scottdecker3463 10 місяців тому +2

    Hi Jonice, if you read this I am curious your thoughts i invited my wife to watch this video hoping it would help us as we both have clear CEN. Anyway somehow my wife was prompted to write a list of all the negative emotions I invoke and why based on all.theae personality traits. Then after I asked her why she wrote that she said you wanted to hear my true feelings ...obviously they were 20 years of bottled up feelings but I'll be honest it was crushing emotionally. I guess I am not sure how someone would watch this video and then decide to point out all the negative things you dislike in your husband?

  • @debgilbert3206
    @debgilbert3206 11 місяців тому +4

    I see many of these things within my marriage. But know I know what I need to work on. Thank you!

  • @cindybello1915
    @cindybello1915 11 місяців тому +4

    Lovely! Thanks for this description and explanation. Some of us may come from CEN but it's not good when we are shamed about it, and tell us that we are the ones to blame. Being aware of the fact and how it may be expressed, it 's a great step forward to wanting to work on better ways to react and handle conflict and negative feelings-- plus, knowing that negative feelings are normal instead of making it look like everything should be roses and rainbows by shaming us for having those reactions.

  • @VanessaSimon26
    @VanessaSimon26 Місяць тому

    Emotional neglect and sexual neglect. Both for me. I am in so much pain. I don’t know if I can trust him again. 20
    Years of a sexless marriage. I know it’s from my childhood. The mother wounds are real. The neglect is invisible as a child but it’s there. I am
    Depressed and so
    Anxious. I don’t know what to do.

  • @hollyhoo3000
    @hollyhoo3000 11 місяців тому +2

    I wish I had seen this video two years ago, before my husband left. I feel so bad now. I didn't realize what was happening with him, and I should have. I should have known 😢

  • @jasonfitzpatrick414
    @jasonfitzpatrick414 11 місяців тому +2

    This is why I don't date, even though I would like to date, I just come from a different planet. Interesting topics and something to consider to make oneself better.

  • @dioneiakunz4836
    @dioneiakunz4836 2 місяці тому

    Wow!! Outstanding video. Thank you for sharing this 🙏🏼🧘🏻‍♀️💖

  • @capitaln8826
    @capitaln8826 Місяць тому

    Me and my wife hoth suffer from CEN. Her more than me. I yern for affection and intimacy. But even though we're working together to get out of debt. Our marriage has felt so depressing to the point she asked me if I was happy with her anymore. I dont know what to do and neither does she. Everything romantic and intimate has just...stopped. I dont wanna lose her. But I dont want to feel unloved or unattractive to her anymore either

  • @ashsampson
    @ashsampson 2 місяці тому

    I think my husband experienced CEN. He went to therapy after years of me encouraging him. The problem now though is he thinks all his feelings are valid no matter what they are and only his. When he comes out with his feelings (usually a blow up; compared to no expression) he tells me to take it personally or not and tells me I'm being defensive if i try and understand what he means; this is every time. He makes me feel Im not even allowed to have emotions. If he is frusterated he still yells and makes me feel like I don't do things good enough because i didnt do something the way he would of done it. I don't even know what to do anymore.

  • @vpdodd
    @vpdodd 11 місяців тому +4

    Very informative and helpful.

  • @lorainemcgahee9471
    @lorainemcgahee9471 11 місяців тому +4

    Spot on! 💯%!

  • @marie-noellebaechler1433
    @marie-noellebaechler1433 11 місяців тому +8

    Thank you for your video, Please note that this is not only relevant for married people, It is also relevant for people in any form of "registered partnership" or of informal love relationship. Some person may avoid to look at this video just because its title only contains the word "marriage".

  • @Hasssssna
    @Hasssssna 2 місяці тому

    Thank you. The last part of your video hits me to the core! I'm in tears right now..

  • @vickyd7541
    @vickyd7541 6 місяців тому +1

    CEN doesn't have to result in emotional unawareness. I am aware of my emotions, trust them and use them as useful information in making important personal decisions. But I have difficulty revealing them to others, justify my decisions, and as a consequence form deep connections. And I get especially triggered when someone implies that my feelings don't matter. Just saying.

    • @l.5832
      @l.5832 4 місяці тому +1

      Actually, I was really ignored growing up to the point that frequently when I was 3-4 years old my mother pretended I did not exist. I was completely invisible to her (she was malignant narc). Anyway, years later when I was in therapy, a couple of different therapists commented that I was emotionally AWARE. At the time I didn't even know what that term meant. I am in touch with my emotions and know what I am feeling. I remember when I was 3-4 years old the feeling of indignity and unfairness of my mother's behaviour. What I do have is a feeling of not trusting people because I have had way too many people throw me under the bus.

  • @fionajeram9959
    @fionajeram9959 8 місяців тому +1

    Wow this is excellent perfect example of my husband , he went to therapy but this did not come up , thank you so much

  • @scottroebuck7758
    @scottroebuck7758 10 місяців тому +6

    This has hit home so hard. My marriage is suffering because I do not show the proper feelings when my wife talks about things that she was hurt from in her past. I do not know how to respond, and now we are facing a separation because I do not know how to communicate.

    • @amuddymoose
      @amuddymoose 4 місяці тому +3

      Maybe just listening is what she wants?

    • @me2846
      @me2846 Місяць тому

      @@amuddymoose Thankyou moose you understand in a MAN'S eyes!!!

  • @fizzlefinderslovesshokiara6772
    @fizzlefinderslovesshokiara6772 11 місяців тому +3

    Great video

  • @michellekiel4762
    @michellekiel4762 4 місяці тому +1

    I’ve never felt more seen!

  • @lilreno1694
    @lilreno1694 2 місяці тому

    41 years married..so lonely

  • @ew6371
    @ew6371 6 місяців тому

    How do I know if me and my partner are just not compatible, or if it’s CEN? I have CEN (self diagnosed based on reading your books which changed my life, thank you) and my partner doesn’t seem to need to talk about emotions. I think he is generally happy and emotionally stable. So I always end up holding my emotions in, and just bursting when I can’t deal anymore. Then I create a conflict which I hate, so I keep telling myself of for it :( It never brings any solution to the problem.
    I can totally relate to everything you’re saying, but how do I know that this doesn’t mean me and my partner are not for each other? 😢 It causes me so much stress, because I keep doubting and overthinking things, but maybe I just don’t know how to deal with my CEN? I think I’ll run away from my problems if I leave this relationship, but maybe I’m sabotaging myself?

  • @marysejoyal
    @marysejoyal 3 місяці тому

    Am tired of what Professional therapists, 🙄seems to me they talked more about the problem and where it comes from, then give advice that will works. ( they want to see you )

  • @denisebarnett7849
    @denisebarnett7849 4 місяці тому

    Thank you just heard your video and I'm going to try some of your advice. I will be listening for more.

  • @carolynmcmickle6728
    @carolynmcmickle6728 4 місяці тому

    I’m 67, 3 long-term relationships, 2 marriages, now single 20 years. Now that I’ve seen your videos I realize that each of us had emotional neglect. Nothing was hideous, but I was lonelier in my relationships than I have been single. I fantasize about that wonderful close relationship, but I knew that I was somehow incapable of trusting and/or unwilling to be vulnerable enough to be really close. Your video has helped explain this for me. You are a comforting person, as is my therapist. Thank you very much.

  • @cherylcorbitt4540
    @cherylcorbitt4540 9 місяців тому

    I'm 71 years old. Just learned about CEN. My marriage is as you described. My spouse is likely struggling with CEN as well. What is the most direct way to begin a cure?

  • @rebeccawilliamson7401
    @rebeccawilliamson7401 6 місяців тому

    Can someone actually learn to share or even identify emotions if they respond for instance to, "give me 3 feelings." With hot, cold or pain?

  • @angelamossucco2190
    @angelamossucco2190 11 місяців тому +2

  • @babyfeith8325
    @babyfeith8325 8 місяців тому

    What about if the couple always having a conflict in there relationship, is it that also cause of CEN? because I have a relatives who's in their married life they always having a conflict, they're fight even in a small things. Thank you for this channel very informative and helpful👍

  • @emilyball1113
    @emilyball1113 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing this. It has the potential to pivot my relationships in a very meaningful direction. Looking forward to learning more!

  • @moiseshernandez8225
    @moiseshernandez8225 9 місяців тому

    Hello Dr. Jonice thank you so much for your hard work in making these videos

  • @DrJoniceWebbphd
    @DrJoniceWebbphd  11 місяців тому +3

    Learn much more about the importance of speaking your truth and communicating emotions in relationships in my FREE CEN Breakthrough Series: bit.ly/cenbreakthrough16
    To find out if you have CEN, take the free Emotional Neglect Test: bit.ly/entest
    To learn more about Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) and how to heal it to improve your relationships, check out my bestselling book, Running on Empty, for just $10: bit.ly/runningonemptybook
    Find out more about Emotional Neglect at: www.emotionalneglect.com.

  • @fallon7616
    @fallon7616 5 місяців тому

    Wow. You you just described my my my marriage 😢

  • @carolebingham7262
    @carolebingham7262 11 місяців тому +2

    Too late for me my husband died how do u think this makes me feel it's something that can't be healed he DIED

  • @ta-cutecreations1818
    @ta-cutecreations1818 6 місяців тому

    Thank you! This was do helpful!

  • @anonanon1982
    @anonanon1982 11 місяців тому

    I love your message and information ❤️
    Sadly, it sounds like you’re reading off something :(

    • @ew6371
      @ew6371 6 місяців тому +1

      How does it matter? Do you think people in TV don’t read off the script? The message matters, not the way it’s spread. Not everybody is a natural in speaking to the camera…

  • @liliherndz5792
    @liliherndz5792 8 місяців тому

    Dr Jonice YOUR PROF INSIGHTs
    are a LIGHT 🕯🕊🕯
    into the inner PATH
    of GETTING both ( willing & open )
    partners and families
    COMMUNICATION DYNAMICs
    DEVELOP into the GIFT ..of
    EXPERIENCING un LOVE,
    and EMBRACING ones HUMAN
    VULNERABILITIES leading to
    INTIMATE COUPLE & FAMILY
    stability … 🕊🤍🕊 and
    healthy authentic ( not perfect )
    share unique path and life journey.