This Old Spouse

SHARYN WOLF

Relationship Counselor & Author
ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS
Question for a marriage counselor Any ideas on how to deal with "old" anger (from this relationship) that seems to get in the way of feeling loving?


Marriage Counselors reply
Old anger may be unresolved issues or else you may have a need to keep your anger at him – because if you give up the anger you will feel more vulnerable to being hurt again. So, decide whether you can trust him now and if he has sufficiently apologized for what went wrong before. If he has, then you must work on your anger alone and not put it on him.

So ask yourself, "What would you be doing with all your energy if you weren't spending it being so angry at him?"