When you are chronically abused, your body will produce excess cortisol, which in turn can damage your immune system, make you more prone to illness, and cause high blood pressure.
Which relationships are unhealthy
Signs of an unhealthy relationship include control, desire to change the partner, failure to respect personal boundaries, disrespect and insults.
There is an urgent need to address these problems, especially if there is moral or physical violence.
What a healthy relationship looks like
A healthy relationship is a communication between two self-sufficient individuals, based on reciprocity and respect for each other, having completely transparent and pre-agreed goals, and also including responsibility for previous commitments.
How to distinguish a serious relationship from a frivolous one
Serious relationships involve responsibility. I
n frivolous ones, you either don’t know whether you have any responsibility to each other at all, or you don’t understand how far and deep it stretches.
How to understand that I am in a dependent relationship
Dependent relationships are a special mental state when the emotions of one person are so strongly connected with the behavior of another that he can no longer control himself, his feelings and behavior.
Absolutely everything: dreams, desires, goals, the meaning of life - is connected with the object of unhealthy “love”.
