Positive Emotions Underutilized in Marriage, Psychologists Say

At a family congress in Jyväskylä, psychologists discussed the underutilization of positive emotions in relationships, suggesting that individuals typically only tap into 15-25% of their potential for positive interaction within a marriage.

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Normal people use only about 15-25 percent of the possibilities for positive interaction that are available in a marriage.

Lehtori Liisa Tuovinen from the Church's Family Affairs Office emphasized that this emotional underuse stems not from a lack of time or external obligations, but from a failure to fully engage our emotional capacities. "We are unaccustomed to ourselves, and to each other," she explained, suggesting that true marital resources can be unlocked, even after a crisis, provided there is an honest assessment of the situation and the courage to confront difficulties.

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It is about us using only a part of our emotional strengths. We are unaccustomed to ourselves, and to each other.

Family counselors offered reassurance, noting that since conflict is an inevitable part of life, learning to face and resolve it should be a priority. This contrasts with past approaches where individuals strived to conceal disagreements. The article also includes a separate, unrelated segment about the technical and financial hurdles involved in preventing calls from payphones without payment, a phenomenon that periodically resurfaces in various countries.

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Nothing is possible, of course, without an honest sense of reality and the courage to see the difficulties. The ability to admit a problem is already a long step toward reality.

A brief historical note on Uusikaupunki's development, mentioning its aspiration to become a major city and the construction of stone buildings, is also appended.

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Since living inevitably means the emergence of new conflicts, we should specifically learn to face and resolve them and use our resources for it. Previously, people have strived to hide conflicts.