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Romantic Relationships

What are signs you are in a healthy relationship?

What is a healthy relationship

- 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

Communication in Healthy Romantic Relationships

Verbal

Nonverbal

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

  • The words you use to communicate need to be understood and meaningful
  • Be open to all subjects and listen to what the other person has to say
  • Use "I" language to take ownership of thoughts and emotions
  • Be positive; let the encouragement outweigh the criticism

Nonverbal communication is always being used through body language and gestures that may or may not correlate with what is being said

Starting A Relationship

Key Tips for Communication:

  • Say what you mean and mean what you say
  • Your partner cannot read your mind
  • Pick the appropriate place and time for any given conversation depending on its subject matter
  • Always feel open, free, and comfortable talking about anything with your partner
  • Be an active listener and add something to the conversation
  • Avoiding a subject doesn't make it go away

- Healthy relationships take work. This applies to all relationships.

- Most relationships are a combination of both healthy and unhealthy characteristics.

Communication

• 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.

Jealousy in Relationships

Technology Communication

Disagreements

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

Sexes Differing in Experiences of Jealousy

Domestic Violence in Relationships

In general, women are more likely than men the acknowledge feeling jealousy.

Women

Men

  • The focus is on the partners emotional involvement with another person
  • Women often blame themselves when conflict over jealousy arrives
  • more inclined than men to deliberately provoke jealousy in their partners.
  • the focus is on his partner's sexual involvement with another.
  • Men typically attribute their jealousy to a third party of to their partners behavior

What to Do if You Are in an Abusive Relationship

  • Jealousy has been defined as an aversive emotional reacting evoked by a real or imagined relationship involving one's partner and a third person.
  • Some are more prone than others. The people tend to have a lower opinion of themselves, reflecting in feelings on insecurity.
  • A healthy self-esteem is the foundation of building intimate relationships. Jealousy in a healthy relationship is almost nonexistent
  • Jealousy is frequently a factor in violence in relationships.
  • A lot of times people are unsure of how to handle these feelings. The only thing one can to is be honest and talk about it.

Signs of Suffering from Domestic Violence

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

Domestic Violence Resouces

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

Signs That Someone You Know is Being Abused

- 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

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