3. The Withholding
3.隱瞞
Keeping things to yourself is one thing, but withholding is something else. Withholding is when one or both of the people in the relationship refuse to share how they really feel to keep the other person from harm. That may seem nice, but it’s actually toxic because if something is wrong, the other person has no idea about it and therefore can never hope to fix it. The brokeness spreads, and eventually the relationship will fall apart. Open up, or you’ll have to pick up the pieces.
自己知道是一回事情,但隱瞞對方卻是另一回事情。在一段關系中,如果你選擇拒絕說出自己真實感受以此來保護對方這種做法時,雖然這看起來沒錯,但實際上這是大錯特錯。因為如果你隱瞞的事情是錯的,而你的伴侶根本不知道這件事,錯誤就永遠也得不到解決。這種錯誤會一直傷害你們并最終將你們的關系土崩瓦解。你有兩種選擇:開誠布公的談一談,或者你將不得不收拾你造成的殘局。