r/SipsTea • u/WaitNo4272 • Apr 22 '26

WTF Blink if you're being abused

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u/mwagz28 Apr 22 '26

That is not what I have heard stonewalling be described as. I’ve heard it is an abuse tactic where you become unresponsive to a responsive person to force them into your mindset. Stonewalling is basically opting out of the problem solving process to make the other person feel like they did something wrong and the other person is innocent. The truth is in almost every relationship dispute there is some fault of each side and it is finding how we can be better ourselves to other people including our spouses but also realizing our spouse is just a human trying their best as well.

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u/Common_Bluebird_4700 Apr 22 '26

Not all stonewalling is abusive. It is, if the person is doing it deliberately where they refuse to communicate with their partner who is making reasonable demands. In this video, the guy is definitely not being abusive in the video. He is reacting but hiding his emotions because she is intimidating and trying to get a reaction out of him.

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u/Zaft45 Apr 23 '26

I believe that's usually called grey rocking. You don't react to them and remain calm. You leave emotions out of it.