#101: Why Women Ask Details
Welcome to episode #101 of RL Radio!
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In this episode, we discuss why women ask for details in recovery. Women often get a bad rap for asking for more information; even well-meaning supporters and counselors try to convince her that she doesn’t need to know everything, thinking this is helpful.
We discuss at the beginning of the episode how wives are already voiceless in this process, so anywhere in recovery that we can give her her voice back is HUGE. How much information a wife does or doesn’t want should ALWAYS be her choice.
Here are just some of the reasons that wives ask for details:
1 - To piece together her timeline.
2 - Helping herself not feel crazy / making sense of her story.
3 - Trying to reconcile/recalibrate her gut.
4 - To figure out and assess: how much did I mean to you?
5 - Knowing if there was anything sacred in the relationship.
6 - To understand the level of danger - Asking: Am I safe intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, and physically?
7 - To reconcile her concept of her husband.
8 - To take the edge off the pain (by gathering information).
9 - Knowing all of the details can give a sense of control and safety.
10 - To understand what she is forgiving.
11 - In the thick of the trauma, getting carried away and asking things that maybe she doesn’t even want answers to.
12 - Fact Checking.
13 - Gaging willingness and brokenness in him.
14 - To pursue intimacy with him - I want to know YOU, is what she is essentially saying.
15 - Trying to figure out which locations, experiences, and people are tainted (or not).
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