Looking for some support and different perspectives.
My partner has difficulties recognizing emotions. We are both in individual therapy.
Some time ago he started to explicitly ask me what I feel. This is awkward for me to explain, but I do my best when I can. E.g. I can walk him through what I feel when I’m calm, but I can’t do that when I’m for example crying. I need some space first, and then I can talk. I explained this to him.
The problem is that he pushes me to explain what I feel even when I don’t have resource for that. Then, after I share my feelings the reaction I get is “uh-huh”. No support, no validation, no action taken. Feels like I’m an object to be examined. And the worst part, few times when I was angry at him and explained that, he told me to stop being angry.
It just hurts too much, and feels like he’s not making any effort. Am I missing something? How does this feel for him?