but the reality is that you can use your experiences to inform your future ones in productive ways, knopp says. “use your past experiences to identify values and expectations that are important to you in a relationship, and communicate clearly with your new partner about those values and expectations,” she says. some people have a tendency to “ask a current partner to pay for the misdeeds of your ex,” ortman says. “talking with friends and family can be a good …
are you finding navigating the world of dating and love to be challenging? you shouldn’t have to force a relationship. try not to get swept away in your first love to the point to where you give up time with friends and family. you’re not supposed to have the maturity level of an adult; after all, you are a teenager. when you don’t talk to your boyfriend or girlfriend about your thoughts and feelings, you could be keeping your relationship …
or maybe you wanted some sympathy after a bad day at work, only to hear your partner criticize you. how do you fix a relationship problem? you need to see them and soothe them as a couple, so they resolve. amy wanted to keep just those things around the house they needed and used now. now amy doesn’t feel free to speak up about the “clutter” issue, though it still bothers her. but as a therapist trained in emotionally focused …
do you feel that you have never felt love, and you are just putting on a show of being in love? whether you do this because of a troubled childhood or an abusive past relationship, it will keep on affecting your relationships. it’s not easy for many people to fall in love, but if you think you can’t develop a crush on someone, consider the following underlying issues. it creates trust issues, and you pull away from people when they …
finally, the one thing that is absolutely crucial for a healthy change to occur when a relationship is having problems—is for both people to have the willingness to change and identify their own blind-spots that get in the way of working things out. instead, learn to sit down as an adult, and talk about what the solution might be; think and act as you do at work when a problem. relationships trigger all that is unhealed and staying in to …