Every relationship has its fair share of fighting and arguing. Even the rosiest of relationships sometimes hit a rough patch. For some people, fighting may be a sign of intimacy. For others, it may be the vocabulary spoken by the family — that’s how they communicate.

But what if there’s someone who’s in pain, who wants to see the fighting end or decrease in intensity in their relationship?

In this video, Psych Central’s Ask the Therapists Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D. and Daniel J. Tomasulo, Ph.D., TEP, MFA talk about chronic fighting and arguing in relationships. What can you do about it? While you can’t change the other person, what you can do is change your response to an invitation to argue. Learn more about it below.

Dr. John Grohol is the founder & CEO of Psych Central. He is an author, researcher and expert in mental health online, and has been writing about online behavior, mental health and psychology issues -- as well as the intersection of technology and human behavior -- since 1992. Dr. Grohol sits on the editorial board of the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking and is a founding board member and treasurer of the Society for Participatory Medicine.

Like this author?
Catch up on other posts by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. (or subscribe to their feed).

Comments

This post currently has 1 comments.
You can read the comments or leave your own thoughts.

    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 17 Jan 2013
    Published on PsychCentral.com. All rights reserved.