{"id":10869,"date":"2013-09-18T18:30:37","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brainstreams.ca\/talking-with-your-spouse-or-charlie-browns-teacher-miscommunication-in-couples-after-brain-injury\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T09:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T16:16:57","slug":"talking-with-your-spouse-or-charlie-browns-teacher-miscommunication-in-couples-after-brain-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/talking-with-your-spouse-or-charlie-browns-teacher-miscommunication-in-couples-after-brain-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking with Your Spouse or Charlie Brown&#8217;s Teacher? Miscommunication in Couples After Brain Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-type-link field-field-link-original-article\">The dam finally broke for Christine as she shared with the group her mounting frustrations towards her husband, Mark. \u201cSince his car accident, every time I talk with my husband I get the impression I must sound like Charlie Brown\u2019s teacher,\u201d she said. \u201cRepeatedly, I try to explain my thoughts and feelings to him, trying to make him understand what I\u2019m going through. I feel that I must be insane. Otherwise, why would I keep doing the same thing over and over expecting to get a different response? I\u2019ve explained a million times how I feel, so why won\u2019t he change? I can only assume from his lack of a response, he must not love me anymore because if he cared, he would try to make me happy.\u201d<\/div>\n<p><strong>Anyone ever feel like Charlie Brown\u2019s teacher when talking with your spouse or partner?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No doubt you have heard before that good communication is the foundation for a good relationship. Without good communication, relationships are as vulnerable as a house of cards, struggling to withstand even the slightest breeze. Communication is often a challenge for most couples, but after a brain injury, couples are even more susceptible to problems with miscommunication. Largely, the miscommunication we often see after brain injury tends to revolve around the couple\u2019s inability to share and understand each other\u2019s emotions and needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhen we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Fred Rogers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Christine was trying to share her fears and needs with her husband, looking for him to communicate support and understanding, only to be met with a blank stare. Christine felt very alone in their relationship. Instead of soothing her emotions, they were only worsened.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainline.org\/content\/2013\/07\/talking-with-your-spouse-or-charlie-browns-teacher-miscommunication-in-couples-after-brain-injury.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dam finally broke for Christine as she shared with the group her mounting frustrations towards her husband, Mark. \u201cSince his car accident, every time I talk with my husband [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}