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How to Respond to an
Unresponsive Controlling Spouse
If you are married to a controlling spouse and you have tried
everything we have talked about this week and have gotten no response from
your spouse. Perhaps it’s
time to reach out for help. Perhaps
it’s time to make and appointment with a pastor or counselor and
announce to your spouse that your pain is so deep that you are going for
help. Invite them to join
you, but let them know that you are going, with them or alone.
Often, such a move will motivate a spouse to
agree to counseling. If so,
there is the possibility of
real help. If however, they
get angry and threaten you, don’t let their threats keep you from
getting the help you need. That
is simply another example of their controlling behavior.
You have decided not to accept that any longer.
You are going for help. The
worst thing that can happen by this approach is that you get help for your
own pain. Perhaps the
counselor or pastor can help you map out a positive strategy designed to
stimulate real change in your spouse’s behavior.
Either way, you have made a positive step.
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