Category Archives: Toxic Relationships

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Stop Trying To Fix Everything in Your Relationship

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Stop Trying to Fix Everything in Your Relationship : 6 Things You to do Instead Written by Alysha Jeney, MA, LMFT Owner of Modern Love Counseling and Co-Founder of The Modern Love Box “Stop trying to fix everything in your relationship!” may be something you’ve heard a bazillion times. Maybe it’s something you didn’t even know you were trying to do; but you just know you hate when the one you .
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Examples of Power Struggles in a Relationship

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Examples of Power Struggles in a Relationship | How to Tell if You Are Butting Heads to Gain Control (and why?) Awe… the honeymoon phase. Isn’t it bliss?  There are seemingly no “real” struggles in the honeymoon phase, right? Just fun dates and lots of sex. There’s no arguing about who loads the dishwasher, or picks up the check(s). No one is frustrated about always initiating sex or what to eat for dinner. .
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Are My Expectations Too High?

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You may find yourself googling “Are my expectations too high?” or at least feel internally conflicted with the answer. If you find yourself on this page, then most likely someone or everyone has disappointed you. Maybe someone has told you directly that you’re too needy, or maybe you just find yourself feeling alone and disappointed most of the time. I know that when I have asked myself this question, it usually .
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Relationship Red Flags : What makes a relationship “toxic?”

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Relationship Red Flags: How do you know if your relationship is toxic? Watch for these red flags.  As many of you know, relationship red flags may be hard to identify. Because relationships by nature are hard and require a lot of work, you may ask yourself sometimes “is this really healthy?” We have all been there. It can be challenging to know how to identify what’s a “normal” amount of dysfunction .
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Dating Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder : How to Identify the Symptoms

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Dating someone with borderline personality disorder can sound really scary. Dating someone with borderline personality disorder can also sound really serious. Especially if you’ve never heard of a “personality disorder” in general or have any idea what it actually means. Mental health as a whole can be very nerve racking if we don’t have a full understanding of what is really going on. I write this blog specifically because the majority .
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