Stonewalling Meaning | Explaining The Silent Treatment In Relationships
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The silent treatment or the meaning of stonewalling can be a form of infantile punishment in the relationship and emotional manipulation. In this video I explain further.
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#stonewalling
My mom did this to me as a little kid. As a child (someone dependent on their parent to survive), this was terrifying. Please never do this.
that's horrific
im so sorry
❤I’m sorry for your childhood experience. I send positive vibes on your healing journey
Me too
My mother did it to me as a child too-now my husband’s family does it when they don’t get their way. It’s sick.
Same here,it’s a horrible feeling and abusive!!!
My husband will do this. He does something mean then doesn't talk or leaves and won't answer the phone. Once I learned to not play into it this slowed down. I also would like to thank you for all the great information. You have really helped me with all the people in my life that bully. I am learning how to stand up for myself and it's not easy to start doing at 55.
Thanks for your Post
It feels good to stand up to them at any age
It's a favorite narcissist tool, my mother in law and my husband always do this and I've started looking at it like doing me a favor instead of punishment anytime I don't have to hear them talk is heaven on earth. Such a childish manipulative move
How did it work out a year later
Are you leaving him?
I loath silent treatment! It’s sickening! It’s caused me so much ANXIETY 😟
The only answer I keep receiving in such situations is 'We've already talked and nothing changes. There's no point in talking anymore, cos it's all the same'. I'm depleted now, after so many years of running after and looking into the eyes and asking to stop keeping silent and tell what the problem is and all the things the author of this video doesn't recomment doing... I simply can't cope with it anymore. Relationship worsened immensely. Sometimes I'm afraid they are beyond repair, because the other party doesn't want to even try. I feel so lost...
It's so frustrating, painful and a worst kind of lonely
A very good account indeed and applicable to multiple contexts, not just marital relationships. 👏 I was looking at it from a work perspective. Interestingly, the person said they were grey-rocking but it wasn't as it was ongoing, resulting in mediation. Following this, our working relationship only superficially improved. Ultimately, it's all about overall control in a shared role. An ineffective manager has only served to compound the issue. 🙏
My boyfriend does this when we are arguing or when I'm trying to talk about my feelings when I'm upset, once in awhile I blow up. I hate not being heard
Run
@kathforbes1724 Unfortunately it's not that easy to get up and run.
I’m getting out of a 10 year relationship with 3 kids that this has happened almost the entire time. I believed I was doing something wrong, that I was causing an issue in the communication. Every time we needed a serious conversation he completely shut down and refused to speak, until I got so worked up and he got to play the victim. It got to the point that silence gives me anxiety and if someone doesn’t respond to me it’s extremely triggering. Thankfully I’m finally getting out of it. But it’s extremely easy to not see it for what it is.
Exactly what happened to me. That anxiety makes you react in a worse way.
Absolutely traumatic. Nothing got solved, I was only devalued.
Omg it sounds exactly like my husband he literally shuts down if I ask him to do anything or when we have something planned and the silent treatment can last for months with him and during that time nothing is dealt with not bills, not work around the house and not contributing to finances it's a game so the narcissist can act like a baby and have no responsibility and if you're able to get far away from this person
@@sherisanchez4334I hope you left him... that's terrible abuse
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I did this a lot as a child and in young adulthood because I did not know what to say sometimes when I was so angry and always thought that my feelings were insignificant. As an adult, I realize how damaging this behavior can be and the importance of communicating is with people when you are upset or disagree. Great video! The silent treatment is not a good thing to do.
Thank you for telling us that our feeling of being invisible and excluded by a supposed partner is REAL and not acceptable.
Thank you for the kindness in your voice while presenting this analyses. Very informative.
My last relationship ended because of this . And I made it worse by non stop trying to get through
My therapist told me this, since I’m in the middle of it and it’s been driving me nuts. Both of the recent times it’s happened it was because I expressed concerns over his views on aggression and how he reacted when angry. He turned it all around on me, total gaslighting and then stonewalled for 3 days each time. I’m so over it but it’s also my fault because when he “makes up for it” it’s really that he gives me a hug or gift and acts like he forgives me. And I’m afraid to rock the boat and go back into silent treatment mode. So I avoid it. This time when he comes from his trip I will ask him to sit and I will tell him we need to talk about getting into therapy so we can communicate healthily. The silent treatment hurts me and it hasn’t solved the recurring issues that he is tired of too. If that doesn’t go well then best plan an out. I have two young children and no job but I am so exhausted of being disrespected like this and my concerns not being addressed. I can’t live in an angry, egg shell walking home. And I don’t want that for my kids either.
Also after trying to get through to him for two of the days, I gave up. One day later he went back to “acknowledging my existence” basically. Not actually talking about anything that occurred lol.
I’m on a relationship for almost 6 years and whenever we get into any arguments he gaslights me and in the end I apologize to him all the time, and this time i didn’t apologize but I explained my side, he left me on read, I didn’t send anything but after few days I greeted him on his bday and I got a cold “thank you” that’s when I totally decided it’s enough, I went silent after that and now we are on 3rd week without any communication, no calls or message from him
@@temporosadaisy has he said anything yet? I’m dealing with something similar. I get torn between needing him to survive and being ashamed of allowing myself to be treated this way
25yrs coming to an end with this. And it’s still my fault even though I stated my boundaries and intentions. Then can’t believe you don’t love me anymore and are leaving your such a bad person. Guilt and shame you can have it dear. I’ve done everything you could ask of someone other than to give you my soul and that ain’t going to happen. You got one maybe you should find it. You can lead a horse to water but cannot make em drink…….
What if the person expresses his or her needs and gets ignored, so the person no longer knows how to express it or sees the need to communicate further.
I’m experiencing this now…I love my partner very much but after a few times of him doing this to me…I just don’t know how we can come back from this. It’s torture
They know what they’re doing. My sisters do this to me whenever we have conflicts
Run and don’t look back.
He won’t change. Ever.
Run
I have been living with this exact type of treatment & abuse for 40 years. I can tell you that it definitely damages the relationship and whoever it is done to
Going through this now... Thank you for your post.
Thank you 💛
Yes it's maximal stress when you love the person and get the silent treatment. I went through this lately. Called him out again and again and was willing to leave. I do not want this in my life.
The moment were you said it's like a kid holding his breath in order to get what he wants, i had a laugh in spite of all : )
its good to know im not the problem and will thrive with or without my favorite narcissist
My sister does this all the time. I have cut her off for 2-3 years before and decided to forgive her. 4 years later, I have been holding it in for those 4 years and I am deciding to cut her off today. This is my first time finding out the term of what she did. She always started an argument, and I would listen to her piece, but when to came my turn, she refused to hear me out or talk about it. She would get mad when I try to talk about it saying that the conversation is over but to me, it doesn't feel over.
A very good account indeed and applicable to multiple contexts, not just marital relationships. 👏 I was looking at it from a work perspective. Interestingly, the person said they were grey-rocking but it wasn't as it was ongoing, resulting in mediation. Following this, our working relationship only superficially improved. Ultimately, it's all about overall control in a shared role. An ineffective manager has only served to compound the issue. 🙏
This was a super good explanation of the behavior, very very well described and easy to understand. Thank you for sharing!
They don't understand your kind attitude toward to their nasty behavior. At least people I met didn't open up. So I walked away. My child is experiencing similar stuff with her bully. I told my child not to beg or please the bully so she will be included again. It's a sad world we have to deal with broken people.
Thank you for this. It helps me understand my husband's mindset. It also solidifies my theory that he has been gaslighting me, but I've never been able to clearly put that into words. Now I can say that it's the constant questioning he put my mind in that was actually gaslighting. I'm happy to say that through therapy of my own, I've risen above the begging for communication and the apologizing. Me expressing my feelings and needs is not something I need to apologize for.
Well-said
i love how you lay it all out with what is and isn't acceptable. You advise on what to say to them and how to get them help.
Very helpful indeed.
Edit: I was watching a few of your vids. When I do, I have to wear earbuds. There is this loud dinging bell. The pitch and volume makes it quite a bit louder than your voice. I wanted to ask if it were possible to lower that volume? 😄
I Noticed that as well.
I've never noticed the sounds you mentioned. That sounds very odd, and it must be disturbing. I will keep my eyes and ears open and see if I can understand what may be happening.
I was devastated with stone walling its so toxic!
Well explained, 👍 cheers
I love jim❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Me too!
Thank you
So true.
My boyfriend is doing this to me right now. I've asked a few times if he can take a walk or go somewhere besides the kitchen during at least one of my lunch breaks during the week. He works next to the kitchen and I feel constantly watched on my breaks which just isn't relaxing. So today I asked if he's taking a walk, he said yes but then played his guitar in the kitchen for about 20 minutes . I *honestly* gently reminded him that I'd like to have one day planned where I can come down for break and make my lunch in solitude...he brought up one of his grievences about living together and left. Then I texted him when I was going back to work to let him know that he can come back whenever he wants. Then I asked via text if he'd like to do a certain hike tomorrow...no response to anything. I know he is giving me the silent treatment now. Your video was helpful thank you but I still don't know how to handle it, it's so awkward because I have to see him and he's just going to ignore me .. again.
I wish I had known about this or understood the mechanism and how toxic it is. I guess I am now starting to understand that it is gaslighting (another new term for me) and how susceptible I am to it. I feel absolutely gutted and rejected every time my wife does this. I always felt it was wrong on some level but would question if I did something to deserve it. It gives me some relief to realize I am not crazy and it is manipulative.
I think it is time for me to seek out a therapist to help me understand these concepts better. Wish I’d known this when I was younger.
I think you should seek a therapist who is a specialist in narcissism or they will never understand and know how to help you. Your wife is the one with the problem but I've learned by living with my narcissist husband that they will make you look like the problem. These people will not change so unless you want to live your whole life wondering why you're getting the silent treatment instead of running as fast as you can which is what I wish I would have done when I was young enough to leave
@@sherisanchez4334 ur never too old to care for yourself.
I have been married over 40 years. I react to things my husband do that makes me angry with silent treatment. I have always focused on what he did and, as I am researching, I am learning that I have been wrong too. I didn't realize I employ passive aggressive and controlling tactics all while reacting to what I perceive as him trying to control and be possessive of me. We are both being toxic, not just him. This is bitter truth to swallow. Our whole fight is about him becoming enraged when I don't come home before he goes to bed. I work evenings and he works day shift. But he demands that I be home by his bedtime. A few times he has tracked me down and embarrassed me or he will constantly call and text. I am 63 years old and it infuriates me. But now I see 2 wrongs don't make things right. Yet I don't know what to do
Chances are, he’s reacting to silent treatment by having an affair with another woman, perhaps a close friend of yours. Men don’t cope well with silent treatment and will find other ways to repair the damage, an affair is an escape route
Avoidants, we now they don’t have the tools but they use it as strength and defense. It is abuse but it’s is done by being stuck in childhood. Just because we grow up doesn’t mean we are all adults. I don’t know and answering a question with something that doesn’t answer the question but creates more confusion. Insecurity instead of answering the question straight and honestly………then pouting when there in the wrong.
Can you do another video like this but for families? My mother has the entire family supporting her in her victim narrative. I'm the aggressor for TRYING to talk to her. I should have just demonstrated my love by having no visible reaction to her insensitivity to me, agreed that my request for change is a grudge and agree that her pain is real. I have let my mum know that I want to talk to sort out our dynamic but she wants to go back to the old way where I collapsed into her narratives. AS IF SHE WOULD GO TO THERAPY 😞
My mom does this to me all the time, whenever I want to talk about the family and get to the bottom or anything deep. It cannot be done and she stone walls me whenever she feels like or doesn't want to talk or discuss anything she's a narcissist and throw tantrums too. She always takes it out on me.
Only you can change this by not only understanding why she doing this BUT LEARN HOW NOT TO BE.....Speak your truth to your Mother even though you feel it'll lay on deaf ears....TRUST me that it never does....all they do is pretend it hasn't affected them because they live a unauthentic life
Why do you have anything to do with her?
Hey sis, we could be related bc it sounds like we grew up together sharing the same two pair of shoes...
Ah, the silent treatment. I’m often a recipient of that. Good thing I’m an introvert. So, I’m quiet back. 😑 😑
If you’re not going to tell me what I did wrong, well then I’ll never know. And that’s fine with me.
I just ignore him and act like it doesn't bother me because it doesn't anymore it's actually nice not to have to get into a fight every time I have to talk to him. Just look at the silent treatment as a reward instead of a punishment and do what you want without this person go somewhere and use your time for you while they stew in their misery and don't even know why they're giving you the silent treatment. It's not you it's the narcissist and they don't change because they will never believe they have a problem. Don't waste your time
Well I showed this to my wife as she was doing this and she went in to a full meltdown and told me I was being manipulative and crazy then started playing music on her phone to drown out to this video.
I'm sorry she treats you that way.
I’m so sorry. You are worth being seen and heard. Never forget it!
My teen granddaughter stonewalls me now when she does not want to be accountable. She models exactly what her mother does. They act like they don't have to give me the time of day if they don't want to. T h ey are afraid to admit they are wrong. It is disrespectful and hurtful and they know it.
Was just in a complicated, pseudo-relationship: friends with benefits, or whatever my partner wanted at any given time. Was love-bombed in the beginning, slowly I started to notice an eerily subtle form of possession of myself, plus the stonewalling, in addition to other traits of a covert narcissist. And before I knew it, swoosh! I became caught up in everything him and forgot what was reality.
I sometimes do that. When? When I'm overwhelmed with the conflict/situation/emotions. I just want conflict to stop. Especially if that conflict is about same thing, over and over again, from time to time. I said that this matter is over for me, for me it is resolved. But my partner, whenever we are in conflict, goes back to that, and suddenly, we are in confrontation about other things, from the distant past. As a person who never brings back old issues, that is fruatrating to me. And can't find any other way than to completely shuts down, because the situation will only get worse if we continue, and everything I say will be used against me. In that case, it is much easier to shut down and let the situation cool off.
I thought I was alone in feeling this way.
They Are Out Here Putting People In The Cobra Clutch, Then They Wake Us Up Asking Us What Happened?
very good info, suscribed
Not giving silent treatment is not easy, why would I want to help and break it? It will end up being my fault, always reaching first and caring more for talking.
My husband and his entire family do this. My husband stopped speaking to me simply for stating my feelings and he did not agree with my feelings….I shit you not, claimed how I feel was not “fair” and stopped speaking to acknowledging me for 19 days. Then he made the fatal mistake of giving my adult son the silent treatment for two whole fucking months and waged psychological warfare on him….did I mention my son is a behavioral health specialist and was speaking to his psych team about this. My son left and cut all ties with him and his side of the family.
Avoidents do this also because of fear
My mother has destroyed our relationship doing this to me. I have given up now. I realise I will always be a stranger to her. If I try to connect with her that makes her angry. She wants to bully me in to playing the part she wrote for me with her silent treatments.
I completely relate to you. I'm so sorry you've been thru and are still going thru it. 💞
I too @ 59 have a pointless relationship with my Sadistically Catholic Not'Her as well.
When someone shuts us out they teach us to live without them ❤
I believe the stonewaller does this as if they're punishing a child. It shows how immature they are and that's on them.
The Good Lord knows what's in my heart.
Would it help to show them this video to make them aware of the damage they do the relationship? Sometimes I feel not able to find the right words how to explain to my partner how I feel if being treated like this (if he would even listen to me, as usually all is my fault). You really bring it to the point! Thank you so much.
Maybe. I think people who do this, are not aware and not ready to work on themselves.
Specialists say the narcissists don't change. Even when they get insight. Narcissism is personal trait similar to being introvert or extrovert. You can't change this. Very very very few of narcissits change and it's about 60 degrees change, never 180 degree (Dr. Ramani)
@@martaflekova1918 But stonewalling isn't something only a narcissist does. People who are emotionally immature use this bc they don't know how to communicate when they feel hurt.
Well I showed this to my wife as she was doing this and she went in to a full meltdown and told me I was being manipulative and crazy then started playing music on her phone to drown out to this video.
Best thing you could do is leave. I tried for 3 yrs but never ever did she change or even talked to me or communicated. Leave if you still can.
My mother in law did this, my husband does it.
Same here my husband and his mother are silent treatment experts it's just such a form of abuse and manipulation and so infantile it shows how weak they are when they can't open up and except responsibility
My best friend has given me this video and said this is me.
I know I don't have good communication skills, I know that I feel emotionally barren. I don't know how to overcome this. .. and I feel like I don't belong anywhere.. I feel like I don't belong here.
My boyfriend does this and I’m getting tired of it. I tried so many times to explain to him that it’s not healthy and he says he’ll change which is now a lie. I think I’ll check out soon. So immature.
Womdering what the difference is between stomewalling and greyrock ?
I would like to ask a question. I was in a toxic friendship and my friend could be really friendly but also quite the opposite. The last time I saw her she put her hands on me. I had allready told her to not touch me, as I have a disability. This almost seemed to become a challenge and something she enjoyed, laughing at my discomfort. I had allready before noticed this risk taking behavior and maybe possibly schadenfreude. This was too much for me and I became angry. My friend showed no understanding or concern and she only said it was not her intention, denying the impact. She seemed angry herself and disappointed with me. After that she stopped talking to me. This broke my heart and I let go and I moved on. I think I let go of all expectations I had, thinking my friendship was healthy and supportive. The indifference she showed me is not something I wish to encounter in a person I was close with ever again. After a whole year of silence my friend tried to hoover me with a cheerful message, but I had no expectations anymore, as she had done so little to repair my broken trust. Does this personality type not understand that they crush your expectations with these kind of behaviors? It seems to be a massive blind spot 😮
after listening you .,I noticed that i use stone walling to save myself from narcesstis family members,is that okay?
I’m currently being stonewalled and it’s f*king painful. Blocked on email, phone, facebook, etc.
my ex does it pretty often its especially troubling because we have a daughter, the sad thing is daughter is doing it too now shes 17 so i can kinda understand my teen daughter, but i just spent almost 2 months visiting from another state, they initially wanted me to stay and move close by but i wasnt ready because i didnt know anyone and mom n daughter were busy doing their own stuff so i left, havnt heard from either mom or daughter in like 3 weeks, i tried calling texting a few times but i stopping otherwise i might get blocked or accused of harrassment!, the crazy thing is mom was getting close and intimate wen i first got there, then little by little more distant, now suddenly cruel stonewalling, she knows id like to hear how our daughter is at least, i shouldve known shes always been narsictic, but with a kid involved i hard to let go completely, any advise? im just praying for them and stonewalling back for now
It sounds like you need to accept that you're a narcissist and these women are getting away from you. Good for them
@@jenandbarrys5580 if im the narcisist ill gladly accept that, easier to work on myself, but i dont think thats the case here, you dont know the entire story! but thanks for the encouragement! peace!
This looks s all about power control and manipulation. For me I should have exited early during relationship with narcissist. It gets worse.
This is the worst kind of emotional abuse. It's especially difficult when family members do this. It creates a mentally unhealthy environment. What's worse is when a specific family member, my sister, Moms caretaker does this to me.
Then, when I speak up my sister uses triangulation tactics by telling my 88 year old Mom and upsetting her and turning most of the family against me.
Why can't she just talk to me rather than talk about me? This makes it especially difficult to go visit my Mom.
She doesn't understand that I'm being stonewalled and really wants nothing to do with me. I'm tired of this silent treatment. It's so demeaning & cruel that it makes me want to move and leave no forwarding address.
The context is always important, somebody absolutely disrespected me and I decided to "take-away" my attention from her, of course her 'ego" was absolutely confronted and she was mad at me but again I had the "choice" of not interacting with toxic people . Is my own life and was my personal choice ,more than blaming people for "refusing" to interact the "other" should practice some self-reflection from time to time and don't take anybody for "granted" .
@@nicole2828 I was never abusive and I never insulted neither threat her or played the victim card .I told her straight away my thoughts (something that is almost a sin in our hypocrite society) I just took away what she considered was the "privilege" of my attention, her narcissistic ego which needed a pointless "validation" didn’t get that I can achieve a happy life on my own .
Sergio sounds like the narcissist, she "disrespected" you and you took away the immense honor of your presence? 🤣🤣🤣 good riddance , I'm happy for her
@@jenandbarrys5580 It wasn't any "honor" on the contrary if some people need some "validation" and constant "attention" well that's not my business . If I am the one who needs to apologize all the time and basically rather than a relationship things look like a stressful and painful job I just have to move forward . I can sound "arrogant" and "narcissistic if I want but I don't like to "brag" about my private life.
I feel guilty of doing this now.
I haven’t talked to my grandma in almost a month. I’d call her once a week, but she is toxic and does like to make back handed comments. There is a lot more to say, but I’d have to write paragraphs. So I decided that I’m not going to call her and that she could call to check up on me. Her and my grandpa talk about everyone behind their back that don’t call for a while, but yet they NEVER call anyone else to check on them. They love to be wanted and needed. Last month my grandma told me she was very upset because it was my moms birthday and mom passed several years ago. So I sent her flowers and called to check on her again. She knows I’ve been having a very difficult time at work and not one time has she picked up the phone to call me to see if I’m ok or how I’m doing. I would communicate this to her, but her and my grandpa are never in the wrong for anything. I’ve tried over several years to communicate feelings and she ignores me or acts like it’s not a big deal. So I thought recently that I’m going to pull back. Is this wrong?
Are you communicating anger through silence? If not, then you're not doing this. If your grandma is toxic and you want to keep her in your life, look at Dr Ramani's advice- she says to gray rock.
No contact with toxic people is somethong else. It is not wrong
The school I attended claimed white students were damaged and deformed based on student skin color and when I brought this up with the school they refused to discuss it with me. So what is going on there with school organizations stone-walling people.
I'm dealing with this in my own house. My girlfriend is withdrawing communication also she also stopped cooking.
My mother, my ex husband and my daughter do this. It drives me nuts.
When my partner doesn't want me to do a social event with him, he will cross a clear boundary, then not talk about what just happened. It leaves me hurt and I feel somewhat disrespected and vulnerable.
My mother does this and now my fiance is doing this
So if someone is being very passive aggressive or directly attacking you and/or your interest, or trying to turn the arguement around to make it all your fault, is it stonewalling to walk away then?
I know it's a coping tactic but it's damaging for sure.
After years of being treated contemptuously by my boyfriend. I stonewalled him. I don’t see this as the form of a “victim”. I feel like I’ve loss my voice after being verbally abused. I’ve shut down. This video isn’t accurate. I don’t want a reaction or to gaslight. I’m genuinely hurt and tired of expressing myself and asking him to respect me. I’m just done at this point. My ex- boyfriend is narcissistic and I’ve went silent from him treating me contemptuously.
Good for you. In the case of abuse, not making yourself vulnerable is appropriate, sometimes people call it the "grey rock" approach. If someone is abusive, you need to protect yourself, and not let the abuser weapon eyes your vulnerability. The best thing to do is to leave. Best of luck to you.
@@jimbrillon
I totally agree sometimes you need to free yourself from someone who isn't capable of communicating or caring to work on the relationship it's not worth it and I don't blame you for being done
I too totally agree. When on the receiving end with a narcissist…after years of suffering emotionally and mentally, seeking help from councillors and educating myself about narcissism….I took the difficult, brave and totally necessary step of NO CONTACT. I stepped out of the family pattern and off the chess board…not playing and have moved on.
Richard Grannon was a great help in relation to going no contact…
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A FAMILY trait that has 59 years in the making.
Omg same as my in laws and my husband they are all narcissists and his mother is the queen of the silent treatment
what if the person is your mother and lives with you?
my ex... he can kick rocks. I didn't realize what was happening until i finally left and i realized, oh wow i was in an abusive relationship...
Just run and never look back
My girlfriend does this. I dont understand it really. She would start a play fight then all of a sudden she wont talk for days. Like a toddler fr. Eventually ill hug or ask for one and then we restart but im getting kinda tired of it.
He says he doesn’t want to deal with the drama
I went no contact with my sister and she thinks that I'm stonewalling her.... This is so confusing.
What is gaslighting?
What if the person that does This is a therapist?
Brand new to therapy?
They are not my therapist they Just graduated to become a therapist.
So this guy deleted my comment without answering my question first so ill ask again. Most of the people in this common section are victims of the Stone walling. They've also said that they tried to FORCE a conversation that ended in THEY THEMSELVES blowing up. So like I said, I wanna know which one is the 1 in the right and which 1 is the 1 in the wrong? The one who tried to stay silent or the one who kept pushing for a conversation that they knew would end up in a fight?
& do you really disagree that it makes them look desperate, clingy, not independent. Some of these people in the comment section have literally said that they get anxiety when they don't get a response as if people are required to give them a response. Nobody's required to give you their time a day & you getting Anxiety about it means you're mentally unhealthy to be with to begin with.
Lol i hope i get a response & not just deleted 🤣
Lmao, watch me get stonewalled❣️
Can someone stonewall you while pretending to listen.. like you speak and it just didn't do anything but they seem like playing the card of .. ok talk I will listen
I don't agree necessarily, when someone is constantly gaslighting by the abuser, what are you supposed to go back for more, sorry I don't agree
Can someone exhibit this style of behavior when they are mad at you but not necessarily be a narcissist?
I'd say so, yes. My husband did this for so long that I divorced him. He couldn't express himself in an emotionally intelligent way, just like Jim explained. You can only offer someone help and support, but you also have to support yourself and your own emotional state first.
Yes.
Probably but it's not going to keep happening over and over and you don't even know the reason they're mad. It isn't appropriate reaction and you will probably be able to tell if it is this person's go to tool and used in even the most ridiculous of situations
Not new.
I'd put up with it for a couple days then I'd tell him to leave. I'm not paying for crimes I didn't commit and he doesn't need an excuse to leave right, ? He just can. Well, then he'd play victim and act like he didn't do it. And it was obvious he was just trying to have power... In a really ugly way.
Doesn't anyone think sometimes, silent treatment can be a form of defence against any arguments. Sometimes it's not worth opening your mouth because you're probably better off speaking to a brickwall and for your own sanity.
Depends what you label an argument. If somebody telling you how your behaviour made them feel is an "argument", then the silent treatment is wrong. My mother thinks like this. Any small bit of feedback provokes another silent treatment.
@@SusanaXpeace2u I had a boyfriend when I was 20 who would do this every time I brought up an issue that needed to be resolved. I would talk about how something he said made me feel and he would react by standing up and leaving. For a while he got me to look at the way I communicated with him by essentially saying that it distressed him or was aggressive but no matter how hard I tried, he reacted the same way. He didn't come back after a few hours. He would stay away until I contacted him. This could go on for days until I gave in. Over time, trying to live up to his idea of speaking 'reasonably' got more difficult and stressful for me because the issues were piling up unresolved and the fear of being walked out on was putting me on edge. I shake my head that I put up with this for 6 months until I got out. The truth is he wanted someone who never questioned anything he did. He saw me as an extension of himself and walking out with the excuse that I wasn't stating my case in a calm way was him trying to control me by making me too afraid to speak up or challenge anything he did for fear of him walking out. He was a narcissistic monster. I think he must done this about 5 - 6 times. It was completely unacceptable and one of the main reasons I dumped him. I would be there right at the point of having the courage to ask him to think about how he was treating me when he would shut down the discussion by walking out and then me being left in tears. I have never experienced anything like it in all the years since and I would never have allowed anyone to disrespect and manipulate me like that again.
That's what all my narcs said. I was "creating arguments" by communicating ny feelings. As God, the man didn't want to talk about that, and as God's subject, I was wrong to push it, abusive even. So I deserved all the silent treatment, because his feelings matter amd mine don't. Can't I just understand that? 🤣
@@jenandbarrys5580 I haven't the slightest what you mean ,and if you're trying to be sarcastic it's not really working for me. Please explain.
Yes in a normal situation but not when a person continues to do this all the time without warrant and use it to manipulate you should be able to tell the difference
I gave my wife the silent treatment.
I knew she had an affair with her boss.
She accused me of being mad, and trying to leave our marriage.
She was all over the place, she was panicking, every scenario must have been going through her mind.
Then she eventually said it is something that I have done, but don't remember.
I said in your mind no.
She freaked out.
I said remember when you went out on a date with your boss.
Went for dinner, went to his house and then for drinks. And your secret dates.
Her face fell apart.
She then confessed her affair.
Now divorced and happy as a single man..
So silent treatment is a great way of getting someone to remember the things that they don't want you to recall that she betrayed you.
I don't think stonewalling is always the fault of the stonewaller. I don't Stonewall my husband because when I talk to him he actually listens and cares about my feelings, we can have a conversation. When trying to talk to some narcissistic boyfriends of my past sometimes they would gaslight me and try to flip everything back on me, so I would become silent to keep my sanity. But not as punishment towards them. Obviously those relationships did not work out. I should have left their ass sooner though.
I think the speaker is not giving great insight into the internal world of the person doing the silent treatment