Jillian Turecki

And then we come home and we're like, let me just unload all my stress on you. Or we come home and we think, I don't have to actually be really that nice to you.

And then we come home and we're like, let me just unload all my stress on you. Or we come home and we think, I don't have to actually be really that nice to you.

Very, very hard, sad, and stressful things can happen in life. But more times than not, people are not reacting to something difficult. They are in a habit of just being reactive to everything. So their threshold for stress is really low. And maybe there is something stressful like money and children. People don't know how to manage their stress. And so they start to fight with each other.

Very, very hard, sad, and stressful things can happen in life. But more times than not, people are not reacting to something difficult. They are in a habit of just being reactive to everything. So their threshold for stress is really low. And maybe there is something stressful like money and children. People don't know how to manage their stress. And so they start to fight with each other.

Very, very hard, sad, and stressful things can happen in life. But more times than not, people are not reacting to something difficult. They are in a habit of just being reactive to everything. So their threshold for stress is really low. And maybe there is something stressful like money and children. People don't know how to manage their stress. And so they start to fight with each other.

And they start to create negative stories about each other. Or they start to look at their partner and see everything that is wrong about them. When what's really going on is a turbulent mind. What's really going on is a turbulent nervous system. What's really going on is stress in that person's body. That is making it so that they are not seeing life and their partner clearly.

And they start to create negative stories about each other. Or they start to look at their partner and see everything that is wrong about them. When what's really going on is a turbulent mind. What's really going on is a turbulent nervous system. What's really going on is stress in that person's body. That is making it so that they are not seeing life and their partner clearly.

And they start to create negative stories about each other. Or they start to look at their partner and see everything that is wrong about them. When what's really going on is a turbulent mind. What's really going on is a turbulent nervous system. What's really going on is stress in that person's body. That is making it so that they are not seeing life and their partner clearly.

this is what ends relationships, is not knowing how to handle stress and not knowing and not identifying when stress is the problem versus the actual relationship.

this is what ends relationships, is not knowing how to handle stress and not knowing and not identifying when stress is the problem versus the actual relationship.

this is what ends relationships, is not knowing how to handle stress and not knowing and not identifying when stress is the problem versus the actual relationship.

Yes. And, and also because, you know, it's very common if a family is going through, let's say money problems for that to tear mom and dad apart or mom and mom apart to tear the couple apart. It's not, so it's how they were reacting to life, which I have nothing but compassion for, one of the things that we just don't learn in school.

Yes. And, and also because, you know, it's very common if a family is going through, let's say money problems for that to tear mom and dad apart or mom and mom apart to tear the couple apart. It's not, so it's how they were reacting to life, which I have nothing but compassion for, one of the things that we just don't learn in school.

Yes. And, and also because, you know, it's very common if a family is going through, let's say money problems for that to tear mom and dad apart or mom and mom apart to tear the couple apart. It's not, so it's how they were reacting to life, which I have nothing but compassion for, one of the things that we just don't learn in school.

It's how they were reacting to life that made it so that they were, I mean, think about it when you're really stressed. You don't wanna be touched. You don't wanna be told what to do.

It's how they were reacting to life that made it so that they were, I mean, think about it when you're really stressed. You don't wanna be touched. You don't wanna be told what to do.

It's how they were reacting to life that made it so that they were, I mean, think about it when you're really stressed. You don't wanna be touched. You don't wanna be told what to do.

you're not feeling sexual, you're not feeling sensual, you're not feeling open, you're not feeling loving, you become totally self-involved and emotionally unavailable, and you've got two people like that on a consistent basis, then this is what's going to happen. The relationship is going to suffer. And it's because of how they're actually dealing with the birth of their first child.

you're not feeling sexual, you're not feeling sensual, you're not feeling open, you're not feeling loving, you become totally self-involved and emotionally unavailable, and you've got two people like that on a consistent basis, then this is what's going to happen. The relationship is going to suffer. And it's because of how they're actually dealing with the birth of their first child.

you're not feeling sexual, you're not feeling sensual, you're not feeling open, you're not feeling loving, you become totally self-involved and emotionally unavailable, and you've got two people like that on a consistent basis, then this is what's going to happen. The relationship is going to suffer. And it's because of how they're actually dealing with the birth of their first child.