In a codependent relationship, one partner does much of the emotional carrying of the relationship and is more prone to losing themself, while the other avoids taking more responsibility for the emotional work of the relationship. In healthy relationships, these partners are able to communicate, com...
Lindsay Dodgson
Here are some warning signs that your relationship may be in trouble. It doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s not salvageable or that you can’t get the love connection back, but it does mean you both need to have honest communication and may need the assistance of amarriagecounseling. The...
Codependency, or relationship addiction, is an excessive, all-consuming dependency on a specific relationship. Most codependent relationships involve some form of underlying problem, such as addiction, abuse, ormental illness. In healthy relationships, it’s natural to rely on each other for support....
Gaslighting is an abusive tactic, meant to make you doubt your thoughts and feelings. It may start in small ways, then grow into afalse sense of reality. It can occur in minor incidents, making it so it’s hard to notice there’s a problem at all, especially in a relationship where ...
1. He has a fear of intimacy This is probably one of the biggest signs of mommy issues in men. A healthy relationship involves things like having a sense of humor during trivial arguments, communicating assertively, and the ability to spend time apart. Men with mom issues will develop a fe...
Did you feel a sense of belonging in your family? Were you permitted to be you? What is your current relationship like with your inner child? All of these questions are extremely important to ask, and if you haven’t asked them yet, I hope you do. Why am I so insistent about you...
Here’s the bottom line: Karmic relationships are unsustainable. These partnerships take more than they give. For that reason, staying in this type of relationship can be unwise. The worst-case scenario is that a karmic relationship can impact your mental health and well-being. Should you feel...
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6) They’re not jealous of your new relationship (like, at all) Jealousy is not a good thing, which I’ll get to later. But it can be a way to measure how much interest somebody has in you. If your ex isn’t jealous at all of you dating someone new or being out and about an...