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- Bring more happiness than stress into your life
- Maintain relationships with friends and family
- Maintain individuality
- Participate in activities without each other
- Communicate with each other
- Trust each other
- Be honest with each other
- Respect sexual boundaries
- Able to express without fear of consequences
- Option of privacy
- Do not worry about violence
- Resolve conflict fairly
The key to a healthy relationship is quality communication between all participants, including verbal, nonverbal, and technological media forms
A healthy relationship is when two people develop a connection based on:
- Mutual respect
- Trust
- Honesty
- Support
- Fairness/ equality
- Separate identities
- Good communication
- A sense of playfulness/ fondness
Nonverbal communication is always being used through body language and gestures that may or may not correlate with what is being said
Key Tips for Communication:
- Healthy relationships take work. This applies to all relationships.
- Most relationships are a combination of both healthy and unhealthy characteristics.
• Expand Your Heart
• Focus on Giving Love
• Let go of expectations
• Get comfortable being alone
• Own who you are
• Be willing to learn from each other
• Make “alone time” a priority
• Strive for Equality
• Be there for your partner
• Show Affection
All communication types can be utilized in a romantic relationship. Some forms may be more effective, while others can have harmful consequences. The key to to be careful and intentional about what message you are trying to convey and how to do so appropriately.
Emerging technology innovations are adding a new element for couples to communicate through the use of text message, e-mail, and social media
“…the lack of physical presence that comes with texting each other on their phones can still facilitate more openness in a communications with one another. It can inspire “innuendo and sexual play among its users,” offer them privacy as they surreptitiously send messages to each other, and allow them to be in regular communication, especially in situations where a phone call might unworkable.” -Bowe, Greg (2010).
It is inevitable for a healthy relationship to never have conflict, whether it be over difference of opinion or lack of communication
Relationships can be preserved by discussing disagreements at the appropriate time, place, and with a plan on what each person wants to discuss
In general, women are more likely than men the acknowledge feeling jealousy.
Women
Men
women experiencing jealousy suffer from feelings of worthlessness. A women's effort to arose jealousy in a partner is an attempt to boost her self esteem
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233 (SAFE)
National Sexual Assault Hotline
1-800-656-4673 (HOPE)
www.rainn.org
National Resource on Domestic Violence
nrcdv.org
Domestic Violence Resource Center
dvrc-or.org
- Get help! Seek out a friend or family member to talk about your relationships, or call a hotline!
- Recognize and acknowledge that your are in an abusive relationship
- Do not excuse the abuse. No matter what your partner says you did or did not do, that does not warrant your abuse.
- If you are feel safe doing so, report your abuse!
- Wait for a safe time to leave your partner, stay with a friend or family member who you can be safe with
- File a protection order if you feel compelled to do so
- Cut all ties with your abuser and block them on social media and their number
- Reconnect with friends and family to feel better and safer, or join a support group for domestic violence survivors
- Your partner tries to control what you do, where you go, who you associate with
- Constant embarassment or put downs from your partner in public or in private
- Destruction of your property or threats to
- Spreading rumors about you to your friends
- Violent outbursts directed towards you (yelling, screaming, threatening body language)
- Physically assaulting you (slapping, choking, kicking, punching, etc.)
- Threats to kill you or themselves
- Bruises, welts, black eyes, scars, etc.
- Excuses that they have tripped, fell, etc. to account for the marks
- Asking their partner for permission to do things with you
- Low self esteem, depression, anxiety
- Talking about their partner's anger