When a partner gives you the silent treatment

Focus on yourself and do not try to fix.

Invest in love on three levels

Do not initiate contact.

If you live together, focus on yourself.

Learn to love yourself and learn boundaries.

Your partner's silent treatment means they do not want to talk right now, and that might not be fair to you. After all you need open communication.

However, stonewalling is a protective mechanism, and this person needs to learn healthy conflict. It is a symptom of deeper issues with this person and the dynamic.

It could also be that they feel pressure from you. So, observe how you are showing up.

Either way, adults communicate in a healthy way. It is up to them though, to change how they express themselves.

You can only control yourself.

Do some activities, self-care, and start some healing work.

Do not try to convince them to change or to explain yourself. Your happiness depends on you.

If you have friends, hang out with them if possible, during evenings, then go home a bit later to sleep. You can also go for walks, and do you!

When you start loving yourself and focusing on yourself, you will outgrow such situations. Or you outlive them.

When your partner realises your happiness does not depend on him, they will step up or step away!

If and when this person is coming towards you, you can express how you feel when they stonewall.

Learn to introduce conflict resolution hour weekly in the relationship.