25 Reasons Relationships Fail

Your only reaction to constructive feedback is anger

Listening to constructive feedback and taking it at face value is necessary in a relationship. And that means receiving it in a mature manner, too. After all, as Lisa Firestone elaborated in her 2016 article for Psychology Today, “Whether we punish our partner by emotionally breaking down, giving them the silent treatment or screaming at them, we’re telling them that we don’t want to hear what they have to say.”