WHAT’S YOUR EMOTIONAL BLIND SPOT?

The difficulties we can experience in our personal relationships often lie in a gap in our own awareness, says psychotherapist Emma Reed Turrell. Here, she tells Jess Denham how we can diagnose – and overcome – emotional blind spots

Have you ever found yourself struggling in a relationship and wondered what it is that you’re missing? Perhaps the same argument keeps rearing its head but no matter how many circles you turn, you don’t seem to inch any closer to a resolution. According to psychotherapist Emma Reed Turrell, this habit of repeating the same ‘mistakes’ or behaviours is thanks to gaps in our psychological awareness that cloud our judgement, otherwise known as our ‘emotional blind spots’. ‘You might feel you’re constantly being pushed over in your friendships, or perhaps you’re frustrated in your job because you feel like nobody is listening to you – either of these issues can alert us to a blind spot around power,’ explains Reed Turrell. ‘Or perhaps the problems in your relationship stem from a…

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Red UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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