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[quote=Anonymous]Oh good Lord. Every asshole thing isn't abuse. JFC. Way to belittle actual emotional and physical abuse victims. By that token OP needling him when he doesn't want to talk is abuse too.

It is a really asshole thing to do. If he is doing it to control his temper in the moment and will talk about it once he calms down, I think that is fine and you should give him space. Not everyone is ready to talk immediately and your pushing him won't help. If it just goes on and on that's another story.

My husband used to be like this and I finally decided I was going to just say what I needed to say whether or not he responded. However, I also got to a point where it was too much and I made it clear - if you need space, fine, but you SAY SO and just sweeping shit under the rug indefinitely isn't ok. I let him know why it bothered me. Surprise surprise, he actually began talking to me about it.

In my husband's case he was also struggling with depression and it was making little things feel much worse for him. Once he started an anti-depressant things improved a lot. [/quote]

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