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Reaction Formation: All You Need to Know

As one of the most common defense mechanisms, reaction formation helps us avoid anxiety-inducing, painful, or simply negative emotions and impulses. It involves replacing these negative or maladaptive impulses with other behaviors, which are often expressed in an exaggerated manner....

What Is Love Addiction?

Why am I like this? At a pivotal moment in my life, I received the diagnosis that I was a “love addict.” The weight of that term impacted me deeply. What did it mean? How abnormal IS love addiction? Would...

Coping With An Emotionally Distant Partner

Do you feel like your partner is pulling away from you? Do they seem emotionally distant and you can't tell why? Do they seem less interested in spending time with you than they used to be? You are not alone. ...

The Ambivalent In Relationship – Anxiety and Avoidance

When it comes to unhealthy relationships, the most common types of people are: those who desperately cling on out of unmet longing from childhood wounds (the Anxious), and those who avoid connection from being engulfed or feeling unsafe from childhood...

Vital Aspects to Consider Before Separating

To some people, separation may sound like a perfect solution when you feel stuck and don't know what to do about your relationship. It could be an opportunity to take some time off and get a new perspective on things....

Temptation In Relationships: Why It Happens & How To Resist It

Adultery, cheating, having a wandering eye… Whatever you may call it, many people consider it a deal breaker in a committed monogamous relationship. Monogamy is all about focusing your romantic feelings on one person, and infidelity can irrevocably endanger this...

Love Withdrawal is a Painful and Destabilizing Experience

If you’ve been in love before, you probably know the feeling of being on a “high.” However, if your partner leaves you and the romantic relationship ends abruptly, then you may experience extreme “lows,” which are physically and emotionally painful....

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