When Jimmy Nordqvist, 33, appeared in the television box was it to marry at first sight. Together with Linnea Alsberg28, he chose to say yes at the altar without knowing if they would work together.
For Jimmi, sparks flew immediately, but during the program Linnea has struggled to feel the same instant love.
In a post on Instagram, Jimmi has now chosen to open up about how it felt when Linnea distanced herself from him.
– I feel a brutal fear of failure, he writes.
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Jimmi and Linnea married at first sight
During Monday’s episode of Married at First Sight, it became clear that Jimmi and Linnea are on different levels emotionally.
Admittedly, they have had fun together, and enjoy each other’s company, but they have also created a dynamic that they are not happy with.
Jimmi feels that he doesn’t get enough confirmation, while Linnea feels pressured by how much he likes her.
Linnea and Jimmi at the wedding party, hours after seeing each other for the first time. Photo: Screen image/SVT.
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When the couple’s differences became most apparent, they therefore chose to be apart for a few days, to think.
For Linnea, the time on her own was much needed, especially because she came to important insights:
– Before this, I have always been the person who gives everything. Now I have had to receive everything, because there has been no room to give. Then I understood that this is why my relationships have not worked. It is not possible to give everything all the time. It doesn’t work when you just receive, because you can’t breathe, she says to the camera and continues:
– If those I’ve been with have felt the way I feel, then I want to say sorry to them. It really has felt like I can’t breathe.
Linnea reflected on the time she was away from Jimmi. Photo: Screen image/SVT
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Jimmi on the break: “A brutal fear”
After the episode was broadcast on SVT, Jimmi chose to share his feelings in a post on Instagram. There he describes that he also experienced stress over the direction in which the relationship was heading.
Jimmi felt uncomfortable because he felt that Linnea was distancing herself more and more from him.
– The pressure is so high, I want to succeed, I want to find a life partner and I want to be married. When I feel there is something there but it starts slipping out of my hands, I try harder. I feel a brutal fear of failure, he writes.
Jimmi then goes on to describe how during the recording he forgot to stop and feel. He believes that the quick marriage did not give the natural space to feel the way a normal relationship does.
The days when Jimmi and Linnea paused their relationship were therefore important to him as well. Jimmy writes:
– Does this mean that my need for closeness, touch and confirmation disappears? Absolutely not. I have very strong needs that are central to who I am and how I function and feel good in relationships. But can you balance it better than I have done so far? Definitely.
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Kalle Norwald: “Important to pause”
When News24 talking to the sexologist and the TV expert Kalle Norwald about what to do when conversations in a relationship feel one-sided, he says that the couple can pause the conversation – just as he asks Jimmi and Linnea to do in the program.
– When we are very emotional, we feel it in our bodies. You become very short-sighted. Then it is important to pause and rest the body to become a little more rational, he tells Nyheter24 and continues:
– Then I always recommend couples therapy. It is absolutely the best.
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