Are you dating an empath? Here are things you should remember

3 weeks, 4 days ago

How to avoid being a toxic friend

BBC

How to avoid being a toxic friend Javier Hirschfeld/ BBC/ Getty Images A few simple steps to improve your relationships can help make sure you are the kind of friend you would wish to have yourself. A toxic friend may be highly dismissive or judgemental about your feelings – resulting in a sense of rejection that only adds to the …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Treading through turbulence a much needed realisation in love

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: Have you experienced a time when someone you love is being especially hard to love? We might have fallen in love with the most kind, gentle, and loving soul, but even such a person can become very hard to love every now and then. It can even be a single instance of what seems like out-of-character behaviour, where they …

Love

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Do you struggle with anxious attachment? Relationship expert shares 5 ways to address it

Hindustan Times

Do you struggle with anxious attachment? Relationship expert shares 5 ways to address it From moving out of harmful relationships to letting in the positive aspects of a relationship, here are a few ways. From moving out of harmful relationships to letting in the positive aspects of a relationship, here are a few ways to address anxious attachment. 1 / …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Self-soothing practices for couples: Techniques to keep in mind; therapist explains

Hindustan Times

In a relationship, it is important to understand when to connect, and when to separate to have some time for ourselves. Finding the balance between embracing intimacy and being self-aware is important for laying the foundation for a strong and healthy relationship. An essential aspect of navigating the vicissitudes of life and the frustration, suffering, and anxiety that come our …

Relationship Sync Mind Therapist

7 months, 1 week ago

Effective Communication to Emotional Intimacy: 5 important questions to assess your relationship's fate

India TV News

Assessing the health and potential future of your relationship is crucial for its longevity and your well-being. From effective communication to emotional intimacy, here are five important questions to consider when assessing your relationship's fate. Effective communication fosters understanding, trust, and emotional intimacy, all of which are vital for a healthy relationship. Emotional intimacy goes beyond physical closeness; it's about …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Relationship tips: 4 must-do practices for couples to cultivate lasting love and happiness

Hindustan Times

Whether you've been dating for a while, are in a long-term committed relationship, or are married, you might be looking for strategies to strengthen your relationship. "From the moment two people choose to enter into a relationship, each partnership has an equal chance of either engaging in work that builds a secure bond that endures over time or not engaging …

Relationship Your Relationship Partner Your Partner

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Yikes! You’re stuck in a situationship. When to stick around or get out

LA Times

Meagan Culberson, 32, was on a third date with a guy she met on Hinge when she decided it was time to ask him a make-or-break question: What are you looking for? “But if I had stepped back into those old patterns, all of that healing that I’d done would’ve just been a waste.” Although situationships have probably been around …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Dating red flags: 7 telltale signs you're in a relationship with a narcissist

Hindustan Times

In early relationships, it can be challenging to see the warning signals of narcissism, but with time, these symptoms become more obvious. Narcissism ranges from healthy self-esteem to extreme forms known as a narcissistic personality disorder, influenced by various factors," says Clinton Power, Relationship counsellor and marriage therapist, in his recent Instagram post. Your partner never hesitates to confront you …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Listening Actively to Communicating Openly: 5 tips to foster empathy in your relationship

India TV News

Empathy is the cornerstone of any successful relationship. By actively listening, practicing perspective-taking, validating emotions, communicating openly, and cultivating empathy daily, you can deepen your connection with your partner and create a loving and supportive partnership. This exercise fosters empathy by promoting a deeper understanding of your partner's thoughts and emotions. Validate Emotions Validation is a powerful way to express …

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10 months, 1 week ago

6 ways to stay regulated in a difficult conversation

Hindustan Times

While having a difficult conversation, we may feel a surge of emotions. Sometimes negative emotions can be very difficult to deal with, and that can make us fall prey to unhealthy communication patterns. 6 ways to stay regulated in a difficult conversation Six ways to stay regulated in a difficult conversation: Clarify the intention: It is important to clarify our …

Conversation Difficult

11 months, 3 weeks ago

What To Do When Your Feelings Are Being Questioned?

News 18

Emotions are inherently subjective, differing from person to person. It’s crucial not to blame others when they may not fully understand our feelings. Therapist Klara Kernig, in an Instagram post, mentioned, “When faced with someone who challenges how you feel, it’s not just about the words you use in response. It’s important to remind oneself that feelings don’t always require …

Feel Our Feelings

1 year ago

Ways to express our emotions better

Hindustan Times

The way we express our emotions is really important. Expressing ourselves in an authentic way helps us to get away from mental burdens that hold us back and make us feel low. This instinct to suppress can make it difficult to share and understand your emotions - it also means it’s hard to abstract practice wisdom from them - the …

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1 year ago

Casual Dating: Is it good or bad for your emotional health?

India TV News

Casual dating is dating where individuals decide to be together, but in a noncommittal or often a short-term relationship without any long-term expectations. In today's world where everyone has ample opportunities or choices in finding a partner, casual dating can provide an opportunity to know the person in social interactions and gain insights into personal preferences before they decide to …

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1 year ago

Are you an anxious or avoidant dater? Here’s how to break those habits and level up

LA Times

In a TikTok that has been viewed nearly 1 million times, a woman explains that her husband’s approach to calming down after an argument is “by being in my skin, attached to me like a bug on a rug.” As someone with an avoidant attachment style, it’s the exact opposite of how she handles conflict, she says. “I know a …

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1 year, 3 months ago

How to date with intention? Therapist shares tips

Hindustan Times

When we date someone, we should always date with an intention. "Dating intentionally allows you to build new romantic relationships with clarity, purpose, and self-awareness. By being clear with yourself and the other person," wrote Therapist Israa Nasir as she explained the importance of dating with intention. Therapist shares tips Clarify expectations: When we start to see clarity in a …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Ways emotional dysfunction can show up in relationships

Hindustan Times

When we are brought up in dysfunctional homes laden with childhood trauma or other traumatic experiences, we tend to develop emotional dysfunction. "Emotional dysfunction can be temporary or long-term, and it can stem from various sources, such as childhood experiences, trauma, mental health issues, or relationship stressors. Sometimes, couples fall into emotional habits and patterns that become dysfunctional over time," …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Signs your empathy is negatively impacting your relationships

Hindustan Times

Empathy is an important emotion. Explaining this, Therapist Divya Robin wrote, "Empathy can be the foundation of beautiful connections but it can also become a dark hole - if we use that empathy to over-identify, make assumptions, or lose ourselves. Signs your empathy is negatively impacting your relationships Sharing how empathy can negatively impact our relationships, Divya Robin further noted …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Difficult conversations to have while dating

Hindustan Times

A relationship should be a healthy and a happy place for the people involved in it. Difficult conversations to have while dating Here are a few difficult conversations that we should have with the partner when we are dating: Exclusivity: We deserve to know if the relationship is exclusive. Meeting friends: When we start to meet the friends of the …

Relationship More Clarity Difficult Conversations

1 year, 5 months ago

What To Do If You're Dating Someone With Anxiety

News 18

Living with anxiety can pose significant challenges, not just for the individual experiencing it, but also for their partner. In a recent Instagram post titled “How to Help a Partner with Anxiety,” psychologist Dr Jenn Anders provided invaluable insights and essential strategies to effectively support your loved one. View this post on Instagram A post shared by dr. jenn anders …

Support Anxiety Partner Your Partner

1 year, 5 months ago

Feeling rejected? Therapist shares tips to navigate through it

Hindustan Times

Feeling hurt because of being rejected by someone is extremely hurtful. "It's important to recognize that feeling hurt by rejection is a natural and valid emotional response. Over time, we can learn from rejection, grow stronger, and develop resilience in the face of future challenges," wrote Therapist Israa Nasir as she explained how rejection can affect us. Therapist shares tips …

Rejection Feeling Shares Tips

1 year, 5 months ago

Common emotional triggers that people feel in relationships

Hindustan Times

In a relationship, everyone has their own set of triggers. We experience emotional triggers when a situation or experience reminds us of one from the past. Explaining on how to regulate our emotions when we feel the triggers, Divya further added, "Whatever it may be, our triggers give us insight on where we can heal. Common emotional triggers that people …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Ways to connect with an avoidant partner

Hindustan Times

In relationships, sometimes an anxious and an avoidant partner can get together. While an anxious partner keeps seeking attention and is emotionally dependent on the other person, it often takes a lot of time for the avoidant partner to come around to become emotionally available and be vulnerable. Ways to connect with an avoidant partner Jordan further explained ways by …

Relationship Partner Connect Avoidant

1 year, 5 months ago

Tips to improve our sense of self

Hindustan Times

In order to have a relationship where we can create a safe and happy space for ourselves and our partners, we need to have a healthy connection with ourselves. You cannot fully have one without the other," wrote Therapist Sadaf Siddiqi as she explained ways by which we can improve our sense of self. Tips to improve our sense of …

Need Things Self Our Sense

1 year, 5 months ago

How to learn to tolerate discomfort to be secure in relationships?

Hindustan Times

Tolerating discomfort does not mean that we have to put up with a toxic relationship. "Being in a secure relationship requires both people to simultaneously tolerate their own distress while hearing and holding space for the other person's distress. If you didn’t see your parents doing this with each other at home, or you weren’t taught these skills, it can …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Relationship Advice: 4 Reasons Why People Tend To Like Emotionally Unavailable Partners

News 18

Love can be a complex journey, and many of us find ourselves repeatedly drawn to partners who are emotionally unavailable. In an insightful Instagram post titled “4 Reasons Why You Keep Choosing Emotionally Unavailable Partners,” psychotherapist Sadaf Siddiqi sheds light on this phenomenon. Let’s explore the four common reasons why individuals often find themselves attracted to emotionally unavailable partners. According …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Ways to heal yourself in relationships

Hindustan Times

Attachment wounds are real. The expert shared a few ways: Ways to heal yourself in relationships Releasing a secret: Sometimes keeping things inside us can hurt us more than sharing it with someone and letting it go. Skin to skin soothing touch: Running fingers through the hair or staying cuddled with the person you love or holding hands and lying …

Feel Heal

1 year, 6 months ago

Signs you are emotionally explosive: Therapist explains

Hindustan Times

In relationships, conflicts are natural. However, when we are emotionally explosive in nature, we may have a difficult time navigating through conflicts and finding a common ground to make things better. Signs you are emotionally explosive: Therapist explains Speaking of the ways that emotional reactivity shows up in people and can harm a relationship beyond repair, Amber Smith shared a …

Emotionally Explosive

1 year, 6 months ago

Types of relationships that are toxic for emotional health

Hindustan Times

The patterns that are exhibited by the relationships we are in, in turn affect the emotional health. While the healthy patterns contribute to good emotional and mental health, the toxic patterns can leave us feeling exhausted. Those patterns are what will give you insight on if your needs are being met, the relationship is healthy for you, and what is …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Ways that you may be invalidating your partner

Hindustan Times

In relationships, we often need to validate our partners and their needs. However, situations sometimes may not be in our favour – we may have our own problems going on and, in the process, we may end up making our partners feel bad, or not address their needs and expectations like they want us to. Ways that you may be …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Ways to manage triggers in secure relationships

Hindustan Times

Everyone has their own triggers. Triggers are situations, or words that can unleash a range of negative emotions in us, making us react in a way which we may regret later. In secure relationships, the partners know about each other’s triggers and try to work on it as much as possible. Addressing this, Psychotherapist Sadaf Siddiqi wrote, “People who can …

Way Triggers Secure Relationships

1 year, 7 months ago

How to end a relationship in a healthy way

Hindustan Times

A healthy relationship also demands a healthy closure when the time comes. Just how we invest emotions and put in efforts to make a relationship healthy and secure for ourselves and our partner, it is also important to learn to end a relationship in a healthy way. “Just like you can learn secure habits in a relationship to make it …

End Way Healthy Relationship

1 year, 8 months ago

10 tips to identify and avoid toxic situationships in modern dating

Hindustan Times

In today's dating world, it can be difficult to navigate the grey area between casual dating and a committed relationship. Situationships have become increasingly prevalent, leaving many individuals feeling uncertain and emotionally drained. Situationships have become increasingly common, leaving many individuals feeling confused, unfulfilled, and emotionally drained. 10 tips to avoid situationships: Ginger Dean, Licensed Psychotherapist, shared in her recent …

Relationship Avoid Modern Dating Situationships

1 year, 8 months ago

Signs of an emotionally safe relationship

Hindustan Times

A relationship is a safe space for two people to share their vulnerabilities, love, all kinds of emotions, and grow individually and also together. To be emotionally safe, it is important to be with someone who loves us, understands us and also gives importance to communication in the relationship. Signs of an emotionally safe relationship Psychotherapist Emily H Sanders addressed …

Safe Toxic Relationship

1 year, 8 months ago

How to navigate through toxic relationship: 5 ways to prioritize your mental and emotional health

Hindustan Times

Being in a toxic or difficult relationship can take a toll on your mental and emotional health. A toxic relationship can feel more like a free fall where one or both partners feel consistently disrespected, unsupported, or emotionally drained. Building your support system: Most people who get entrenched in toxic relationships lose connections with family and friends. A study published …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Setting boundaries in relationships: How to protect your needs and priorities

Hindustan Times

When it comes to relationships, boundaries are key. It's important to remember that setting boundaries are not about being selfish or rigid. Identify your own needs and wants The first step in setting boundaries in relationships is to identify what you need and want from the relationship. Learn to say "no" One of the most important aspects of setting boundaries …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Overcoming dating burnout: How to find connection again

Hindustan Times

Dating can be a thrilling and exciting journey filled with the potential of finding true love and connection. Take a break from dating: One of the most important things you can do when you're feeling burnt out from dating is to take a break. Reflect on why you're feeling burnt out: Dating burnout can often be caused by several different …

Feel Feeling Some Point Burnt Dating Burnout

1 year, 11 months ago

What to do if you’re accused of being too needy as a partner, friend, or sibling

Live Mint

Until a decade ago, relationships for me meant walking on eggshells. “Just like how we have physical needs, like food and shelter, that must be met, there are also certain emotional needs like acceptance, affection, and security that help enhance the quality of life,” explains Shevantika Nanda, a Gurgaon-based practising psychologist. “In relationships, if these needs are unmet for individuals, …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Things that can hurt you when dating: Therapist shares tips

Hindustan Times

Relationships take a lot of effort, and a little bit of luck to find the right person at the right time. But what starts as love and the butterflies in the tummy, turn to a long journey of two people, trying to navigate through challenges, struggles and each other’s disagreements to find a common ground based on which a healthy …

Relationship Hurt Shares Tips

1 year, 11 months ago

Things that take time emotionally: Therapist explains

Hindustan Times

Our emotions can get difficult sometimes. In such situations, it is best to slow down, and let time unravel the speed that our emotions can take to get better and eventually, make ourselves feel better. We can remain open and teachable so as not to get in the way of our healing- but like it or not, many significant things …

Feel Better

1 year, 11 months ago

Are you in a situationship? We bet you have asked these 5 questions to yourself

India Today

It feels like the era of love letters, waiting for a phone call or simply stealing a glance at your crush is long gone. The ambivalent relationship that is light years away from the concept of commitment has become one of the most popular ‘stages’ the current generation aims to be; a supposedly no-hassle one. With the increasing mound of …

Partner Question Your Partner Situationship

2 years, 2 months ago

The seven hardest parts of being in a relationship and how to overcome them

The Independent

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2 years, 2 months ago

Vent your emotions, but only to colleagues you can trust

Live Mint

The road is rarely easy when dealing with conflict at work. Maybe you can’t dictate how your coworker treats you, but you can build up your defenses by getting a good night’s sleep, eating well, exercising, and spending time outside. Start small, focusing on progress in one area, whether it’s increasing quality sleep or committing to a more consistent exercise …

Control Feel

2 years, 3 months ago

How to express emotional needs in a relationship: Psychologist shares tips

Hindustan Times

In relationships, we often do not feel that we are understood enough. It is also healthy in relationships to put forward the needs and wants we have, so that the other person can have realistic expectations from us and vice versa. It also takes a lot of efforts in a relationship to meet the expectations and the emotional needs of …

Relationship Needs Our Partners Emotional Needs Psychologist Shares

2 years, 4 months ago

Warning signs and tips to handle anxious attachment in dating

Hindustan Times

Anxious attachment style usually develops as a result of a parent or primary caretaker who was unpredictable in their connection, not emotionally attuned, and may have been neglected or abandoned. Warning signs and tips to handle anxious attachment in dating However, because of your childhood patterning around love, you probably tend to choose partners who validate what you already believe …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Beginning a new relationship? Here are expert tips you must follow

Hindustan Times

Love is blind, especially when a new chapter has just begun. Though problematic behaviour is visible from the beginning, but one may turn blind eye to it, as they do not want to spoil their budding relationship. Relationship experts however say it is not right to suppress your feelings and emotions even at the starting of a new romance and …

Relationship Your Partner Beginning

2 years, 4 months ago

Are you dating an emotionally immature person? Here are signs

Hindustan Times

Dating an emotionally immature person can leave you confused, stressed and exhausted. Emotionally immature people may appear selfish or aloof because they form a cocoon around themselves to avoid a difficult conversation. However, emotionally immature people frequently make snap decisions without giving them enough time to think about how they may affect you," says Kabir. They take decisions without you: …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Relationship coach reveals why you're making the same mistakes with every partner

Daily Mail

If you're having trouble dating or feel like you keep making the same mistakes in romantic relationships, an expert has revealed how to break out of repeating relationship cycles. Ms Bezzu, 27, says many singles are usually 'unconsciously attracted' to things that feel familiar due to childhood conditioning and upbringing - such as behavioural traits observed by parents. Mindset Mentor …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Dealing With a Toxic Relationship? Here's What You do

News 18

The feeling of being loved by another person is magical, right? You get an entirely different perspective of life, but it can be a spoilsport if that relationship gets toxic. Regular arguments, losing physical intimacy, being attracted to others, troubled mental health are some changes that seep into a toxic relationship. Consulting experts Consulting experts can also be a solution …

Relationship

2 years, 9 months ago

Expert tips on how to have a fulfilling relationship

Hindustan Times

After the first leg of intense romance and the phase of firecrackers wear off, the biochemical reactions in the brain stop making us feel so great around each other, its when the real deal starts. Expert tips on how to have a fulfilling relationship Relationships are not so easy that we think. Every person brings their own trauma, unresolved issues …

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