Middle Eastern Journal of Disability Studies

The aim of this study was to investigate the lived experience of vulnerability in a marital relationship. The research method was qualitative and descriptive phenomenology. The statistical sample consisted of 20 married women living in Lorestan province who were selected by purposive sampling and participated in research interviews. Research consists of eight constituent components, which are: listening to the spouse and being a good listener, accepting the subject, the spouse being confidential and confident that the problem will not be revealed, feeling safe and protected, and not being judged or blamed by husband, giving importance and position to the concern and knowing the issue by the husband, personality and behavioral characteristics of the spouse (such as being calm and kind, loving and considerate, being patient, understanding, giving the right, rational and prudent behavior), empathy, Husband's efforts and actions to calm the wife. It can be said that expressing the vulnerabilities in the relationship and accepting them by the couple can improve the quality of the marital relationship.