How I Stopped Letting Annoyance and Irritation Hurt My Marriage

About this episode

This episode discusses how to manage feelings of irritation and annoyance in a marriage and the impact of chronic stress on relationships.

208 Ever feel easily irritated or annoyed with your partner and wonder what it means about your relationship? Ever thought, “Why is everything that my partner’s doing bothering me lately?”or “Does this mean something is wrong with us?” If so, I've been there too, and this episode is for you. In it, we explore why feeling irritated in your relationship doesn’t mean anything is wrong, how chronic stress and dysregulation fuel annoyance, and what you can do to shift out of irritability and...

People in this episode

Host: Hannah Brooks

Topics covered

• irritation in relationships
• chronic stress
• emotional regulation
• communication
• marriage advice

Keywords

• annoyance
• irritation
• marriage
• stress
• emotional health

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