(side note: one of the best ways to increase your happiness and life satisfaction is to plan your day, so you focus on your top goals. the most common causes of abandonment issues are: loss of a loved one, such as a grandparent early on in life, can really wreak havoc on a child as they begin to question their own mortality. a people pleaser will go out of their way to make others happy so that the relationship continues, …
there are many temptations to organize our life around the experience of earlier trauma. a part of the brain called the amygdala is wired to take over and generate fighting, fleeing, or freezing responses when your brain labels a relationship conflict as an emergency. all of these responses can cause a partner to feel attacked, rejected, or abandoned, which triggers their emergency response network, and so the cycle continues. you may turn to addictions or compulsive behaviors as a way …
hereâs how to banish bitterness before it rules your relationship. resentment is the result of a perception that someone has treated you unfairly. how resentment impacts your relationship may have a lot to do with who feels resentful. if your partner is resentful toward you, you may begin to feel anxious about the relationship or confused when your partner exhibits resentment-related behaviors. resentment can build if you have difficulty expressing your true feelings about issues within your relationship.
although bitter …
how anger affects a relationship is based on the frequency of outbursts and the intensity. talking with a couple’s counselor about anger issues may help focus on the cause of anger and how couples can work productively together to manage it. it is natural to feel angry with reason, but it is important to learn how to accept it when it occurs in the relationship.
anger has the potential to ruin a relationship if it is not kept under control. …
the rebuilding of trust takes time, patience, and work, just as it does to establish it in the first place. building trust takes a willingness to open yourself up to the potential risk of hurt — talking about something embarrassing from your past, letting them in on what scares you in the here and now, showing parts of yourself that you don’t think are “attractive” enough for a first-date reveal. and in fact, that doctor may make some difficult or …