Experts highlight that couples often experience a "silent divorce," where they coexist as roommates and lose emotional closeness despite remaining legally married. This situation arises when partners choose to remain together for financial stability or children, leading to emotional separation. Relationship professionals indicate that absence of conflict does not imply a healthy relationship; in fact, frequent arguments may signify ongoing investment in the relationship. Experts emphasize recognizing signs of emotional disconnection to prevent further deterioration and encourage couples to work on restoring intimacy.
A silent divorce is when you're not legally separated, but you're definitely emotionally, mentally and almost to a certain point physically removed, too, from your spouse.
They may present like things are OK on the outside, and they're great co-parents, and they work out logistics.
One of the first red flags that I tend to see when couples are on the verge of or in a silent divorce is when they feel more like roommates than romantic partners.
...fighting often reflects we're disagreeing at the moment, we're not on the same page, we're not seeing eye to eye - but we're trying to help our partners see where we're coming from.
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