1 – You communicate openly.
Sincerity is where a good relationship begins. Can you talk to your partner about anything from personal to taboo topics? Do you listen attentively to each other and try to get to the heart of what the other person cares about? Good communication is all about friendly body language, focus on the conversation and a respectful tone.
2 – You’re fighting.
Quarrels happen in healthy relationships too. Without them, your emotions will build up and eventually turn into strong feelings of resentment. Couples with good communication can quarrel reasonably – each stating their position while trying to understand the other. They also know how to apologize if they turn out to be wrong. This should not be confused with destructive quarrels, when partners behave aggressively and try to hurt each other.
3 – You don’t divulge relationship details.
It’s okay to consult with friends or family about a relationship issue, but taking issues public on social media is passive aggressive. It’s a way to undermine trust.
4 – You don’t hold grudges.
The longer you’re together, the more you start to get on each other’s nerves and that’s okay. We can all hold a grudge against our partner from time to time. But if you hold a long grudge even after apologizing, you can ruin the relationship. Always talk through any problems and learn to let go of resentment.
5 – You have realistic expectations.
There is no such thing as a perfect partner. Couples who manage to maintain a long-term relationship realize that the keys are commitment, communication, and compromise.
6 – You’re wasting time on yourself.
A healthy relationship does not mean complete unfreedom, on the contrary, everyone should be an independent person, have their own life, interests and friends, and without jealousy and resentment. It is necessary to have a life outside the relationship.
7 – You trust each other.
Happy couples can spend time separately without constant monitoring and “where are you” and “with whom” questions. If you’re following your partner on social media waiting for updates, you have trust issues. Trust means respecting your partner’s decisions and feelings.
8 – You enjoy spending time together.
Whether it’s having dinner at a restaurant or hanging out at home, you enjoy time together, however you spend it. You make time in your busy schedule not because you have to, but because you really enjoy it.
9 – You are friends.
Strong couples share common interests and enjoy spending time together. Like best friends, they can talk about anything without judging each other. It’s important that you feel comfortable together.
10 – You make decisions together.
A healthy relationship is not a power struggle, but a partnership where both have equal rights. If you can’t decide which restaurant to have a date at, it’s okay to give in at some point, but with the stipulation that next time the choice will be yours.
11 – You maintain intimacy.
Sex is definitely important in a relationship, but intimacy also includes romance. Being in a healthy relationship means paying attention, giving gifts, and showing love in other ways.
12 – You help each other to be better,
not by trying to fix things, but by being supportive. Couples in healthy relationships love each other for who they are, not what they want each other to be.
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10 quotes by great figures of psychology.
- “The mystery of the human soul lies in the psychic dramas of childhood. Get to the bottom of these dramas and healing will come.” Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.
- “We may think we are in complete control of ourselves. However, a friend can easily tell us things about us that we have no idea about.” Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung.
- “Our dependence makes us a slave, especially the dependence of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement and praise from everyone, you make everyone your judge.” German psychiatrist Frederick Perls.
- “Responsibility means authorship. To realize responsibility is to realize the creation by oneself of one’s own self, one’s own destiny, one’s own troubles in life, one’s own feelings, and one’s own suffering, if any.” American psychiatrist Irvin Yalom.
- “If an individual is capable of fruitful love, he also loves himself – if he is capable of loving only others, he is incapable of loving at all.” German psychologist Erich Fromm.
- “People are like window panes. They shine when the sun shines, but when darkness prevails, their true beauty is revealed only by the light coming from within.” American psychologist Elizabeth Kübler-Ross.
- “We all wish for our children what we ourselves have lacked. This desire is harmless, but only as long as we keep our children from the slightest compulsion to live for us.” American psychoanalyst Nancy McWilliams.
- “Dreams seep from the unconscious, fulfilling our desires, processing current problems, and expressing thoughts we find unacceptable during waking hours.” Cypriot psychiatrist Vamik Volkan.
- “By having a specific goal, a person feels able to overcome any problems, as his future success lives in him.” Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler.
- “People sometimes say of a person, ‘He has not yet found himself.’ But they don’t find themselves, they create themselves.” American psychiatrist Thomas Sass.