To expect to be listened to

[ConfusedintheNorth]

Ok my partner and I deal with issues and stress. He talks it out over and over, I go off by myself and mull things over. This is fine, but, the habit has now developed to the point where I simply can not speak! As soon as I start talking about any issues I'm having within 2 sentences he'll have swung the conversation around to himself and makes sure it firmly stays there. This morning after ranting at me for 20 minutes, I tried to say something, got half way through my first sentence and he cut me of. I'm starting to feel that he doesn't view anything I say or do as important in anyway... which deep down I know isn't true, but it's still playing on my mind.

hugs - have you managed to express that to him? If you find a way of getting him to hear you, please share

It's hard as to get the message to go in, I'd probably have to broach the subject when he's not stressed out... which is fine, unless the conversation itself makes him stressed, then it would just exasperate the issue further I think.
(thank you for the hug x)

Have you thought of trying couples counselling?

Hahahaha! It took me 7 months to get him to a dentists when he had half a tooth missing, there's no way in hell I'm getting him into couples counselling! To be honest I'm not sure it's really my thing either.