“certain incidents do more than just touch our raw spots or “hurt our feelings.” They injure us so deeply that they overturn our world. They are relationship traumas. In the dictionary a trauma is defined as a wound that plunges… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
When love doesn't work, we hurt. Indeed, “hurt feelings” is a precisely accurate phrase, according to psychologist Naomi Eisenberger of the University of California.… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
“Louise Hawkley, of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago, calculates that loneliness raises blood pressure to the point… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
“If you know your loved one is there and will come when you call, you are more confident of your worth, your value. And… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
The most functional way to regulate difficult emotions in love relationships is to share them. — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
“Sociologist James House of the University of Michigan declares that emotional isolation is a more dangerous health risk than smoking or high blood pressure,… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
Love has an immense ability to help heal the devastating wounds that life sometimes deals us. Love also enhances our sense of connection to… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
“Love can begin in a thousand ways-with a glance, a stare, a whisper or smile, a compliment, or an insult. It continues with caresses… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
“Sociologist James House of the University of Michigan declares that emotional isolation is a more dangerous health risk than smoking or high blood pressure,… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
“Emotional Responsiveness— The Key to a Lifetime of Love A person’s “heart withers if it does not answer another heart.” —Pearl S. Buck Tim” — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
Naming an emotion begins the process of regulating it and reflecting on it. — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
“Sitting, years later, watching the last of the ice finally melting on our lake one morning in early April and hearing my husband and… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
“what happens when trauma survivors stay emotionally shut down? Trauma’s echoes cannot dissipate. The continuing reverberations gradually erode connection and trust with loved ones.… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
