i never did the silent treatment...i got enough of it living at HOME...
did do cool off periods...my husband and i discussed this when calm...when he is outside in the garage...he is cooling down...when i am in the bath tub..i am cooling down...and you do need to digest what was all said.....i do this with my kids too...but tell them.."mommy needs to calm down, i am getting frustrated with too much information, lets all come back here with the stove alarm goes off..." sometimes it works, been using this since they where very young....