Relationships
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago2 Simple Questions That Can Save Your Relationship
Asking 'How can I help?' and 'What is the worst part?' soothes overwhelmed partners, signals teamwork, and enables supportive, empowering help.
While these moments may seem like an opportune time for partners to hash their problems out completely, more often than not, they end both messily and hurtfully. Thankfully, novel research suggests that this vicious cycle of escalation doesn't have to be the norm in a relationship. In fact, it can be easily short-circuited with one simple tactic: A time-out. In a 2024 study published in Communications Psychology, psychological researchers empirically