Many women suffer through their marriages when their husband is emotionally distant. Learn how to manage this situation and build a stronger marriage.

1. How To Deal With An
Emotionally Distant
Husband
Presented By:
God's Help For
Marriage

2. Is Your Husband Emotionally
Distant?
Many women face the problem of an
emotionally distant husband in their
marriage.

3. Is Your Husband Emotionally
Distant?
If this is you, you may be wondering if
your husband still loves you.

4. Is Your Husband Emotionally
Distant?
You might even think that he hates
you...

5. Is Your Husband Emotionally
Distant?
This good news is that this is usually
not the case.

6. Is Your Husband Emotionally
Distant?
Your husband probably loves you very
much.

7. Is Your Husband Emotionally
Distant?
There can be any number of reasons
why he may be having trouble relating
to you emotionally.

8. The Problem
Why Men Are Emotionally Distant

9. Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
One of the reasons men are
emotionally distant is because we are
afraid to fail.

10. Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
What if we open up ourselves
emotionally...

11. Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
Bare our souls to our wives...

12. Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
Only to look foolish?

13. Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
Or to be rejected by the person we love
most?

14. Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
In addition, most men are not raised to
be good at the emotional side of
relationships.

15. Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
We are taught to be tough and resilient,
not open and vulnerable.

16. Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
If that weren't enough, God actually
wired men and women differently.
(You can debate this if you want, but it's still true)

17. Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
There are also many other reasons we
might be emotionally distant:
• Work stress
• Family stress
• Financial worries
• Insecurity
• Hidden sin
Just to name a few possibilities.

18. The Solution
What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met

19. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
First, you should realize that your
husband will never meet all of your
emotional needs.

20. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
That isn't his job.

21. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
Only God can fulfill the deepest
longings of your heart.

22. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
Learn to look to Him first and foremost
for your emotional fulfillment.

23. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
You may have spent some time trying
to communicate your emotional need
to your husband.

24. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
In many cases this is actually the
wrong move.
(But not always, so try it if you haven't)

25. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
This may actually push your husband
further away.

26. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
Why?

27. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
Because in his perception you aren't
communicating your need, but his
failure.

28. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
Men hate failing.

29. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
Sometimes this will make them try
harder.

30. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
But frequently this will just cause them
to shut down even more.

31. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
So what is a wife to do in this situation?

32. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
1. Be patient.
2. Learn to look to God for your
emotional needs.
3. Ask God to work on your husband.
4. And...

33. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
Show your husband respect, even
when it is hard.

34. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
Men thrive and respect just as much as
women thrive on love.

35. What To Do when Your Emotional Needs
Aren't Being Met
If you go out of your way to make your
man feel respected, he will
reciprocate by showing you love.

36. Read the full article to learn more:
How To Deal With An Emotionally
Distant Husband