relationships

Break-ups and The Grieving Process

Break-ups and The Grieving Process

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Grief itself is not the problem, the real damage comes when fragile self esteem, anxiety, and addictive coping prevent us from feeling and completing our sadness, so pain gets stuck...

Break-ups and The Grieving Process

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Grief itself is not the problem, the real damage comes when fragile self esteem, anxiety, and addictive coping prevent us from feeling and completing our sadness, so pain gets stuck...

The Runner and the Pursuer

The Runner and the Pursuer

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The runner and pursuer dynamic describes a common pattern in which one partner distances from intimacy in many forms while the other anxiously seeks closeness, with both behaviors driven by...

The Runner and the Pursuer

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The runner and pursuer dynamic describes a common pattern in which one partner distances from intimacy in many forms while the other anxiously seeks closeness, with both behaviors driven by...

Relationships Get Tired, Here’s How to Renew Them

Relationships Get Tired, Here’s How to Renew Them

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Relationships weaken not because love disappears, but because shared regulation, reassurance, touch, communication, and responsibility quietly stop being mutual, and renewal is only possible when both partners consciously resume those...

Relationships Get Tired, Here’s How to Renew Them

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Relationships weaken not because love disappears, but because shared regulation, reassurance, touch, communication, and responsibility quietly stop being mutual, and renewal is only possible when both partners consciously resume those...

Why Intimacy Reveals What Courtship Hides

Why Intimacy Reveals What Courtship Hides

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Romantic relationships feel destabilizing not because partners suddenly change, but because intimacy removes the biological, psychological, and nervous system buffers of courtship and gradually reveals the defensive traits, projections, and...

Why Intimacy Reveals What Courtship Hides

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Romantic relationships feel destabilizing not because partners suddenly change, but because intimacy removes the biological, psychological, and nervous system buffers of courtship and gradually reveals the defensive traits, projections, and...

Why Love Turns Vicious

Why Love Turns Vicious

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Breakups often end in bitterness because the nervous system interprets separation as a threat, unleashing anxiety, fear, and reactivity that drive people to sever intimacy through anger, resentment, and even...

Why Love Turns Vicious

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Breakups often end in bitterness because the nervous system interprets separation as a threat, unleashing anxiety, fear, and reactivity that drive people to sever intimacy through anger, resentment, and even...

When Love Feels Like a Competition

When Love Feels Like a Competition

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Constant competition in a relationship often masks deeper fears and insecurities, and true intimacy begins when one person becomes aware and chooses connection over control.

When Love Feels Like a Competition

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Constant competition in a relationship often masks deeper fears and insecurities, and true intimacy begins when one person becomes aware and chooses connection over control.