Your body is wise, and if you listen, it will communicate. Maureen was wise to time out and care for herself because she was hurting. When you endure instead of feel, you c ontrol your body instead of allow it to guide you. Stop listening long enough, and you lose yourself. Fighting nature just doesn't work.
Emotional closeness can kill.
I will actively and aggressively do anything and everything in my power to push my partner away. While that may be true, I pointed out that he did everything humanly possible to ensure that her insecurity increased . A caring person would drop everything to comfort their loved one. Empathy and concern are more likely to diminish insecurity than is contempt. That is when Brent realized that he would not , as opposed to could not comfort her.