While Valentine’s Day is a difficult time of year for many, it doesn’t have to be. Just because you’re single doesn’t mean you shouldn’t celebrate yourself. Maybe you’ve just moved away from a toxic relationship or simply aren’t in the right position to fall in love with someone.
The five love languages are receiving gifts, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service or devotion, and physical touch. According to Chapman, everyone has one primary and one secondary love language.
Are you a newlywed or thinking about asking the big question to someone who’s struggling with mental illness? Are you also contemplating this decision? It’s only natural for you to feel a bit nervous. Mental health can take a big toll on marriages and leave both parties completely stressed out. Many partners will find themselves in a position where it seems their only purpose in the relationship is to manage the illness.
Relationships impact our mental health more than we sometimes care to admit. Whether it’s going good or bad, we always find our emotional state changing alongside someone we care deeply about. This is the natural way our brains and bodies react to love.
Personal boundaries are what separate us from giving too much of ourselves to things, people, and situations that do not serve our growth and progress. While it may appear ideal to be able to do everything and anything without limits, we cannot and should not exhaust ourselves of our personal needs. We are responsible for what we allow. Whether in relationships (familial or romantic), with friends, at work, or anywhere where we are interacting with others, practicing boundaries helps us to be in tune with ourselves and our values.
Most of us had a pretty good childhood. We had a primary caregiver, a friend, a pet, clothes on our backs, and food on the table. I had both parents, two sisters, several pets, a family vacation every year... the list of happy memories goes on and on. So when I started going to therapy and heard myself talking about the ways my parents hurt me, I felt guilty. Didn’t they give me everything they could?
Practically, PTRS can be defined as an anxiety and stress disorder that can be triggered due to the presence of physical, emotional, or psychological abuse in an intimate partner relationship. PTRS has similar symptoms of PTSD; however, PTSD can occur due to multiple levels of stress with different reasons.
