Types of Intimate Relationships
Don’t Talk Don’t Tell
Don’t Talk, Don’t Trust, Don’t Feel
If you come from a paradigm of, “don’t talk, don’t trust, don’t feel,” chances are you are an adult child of an addict, also known as …
Intimacy
Types of Intimate Relationships: Codependency
Types of Intimate Relationships
Codependency
As we have said in previous posts, Codependency is the disease to please. While codependents think they want intimate relationships, those, “soul mate,” kind of relationships, what they actually, and unconsciously want, is to control …
Types of Intimate Relationships: Cheating, Part 2
Types of Intimate Relationships
Cheating, Part 2
One’s maturity level influences whether one cheats or not. One’s style of taking responsibility for their own behavior, also shapes one’s decision to cheat or not. In either case, BLAME is usually the …
Types of Intimate Relationships: Cheating, Part 1
Types of Intimate Relationships
Cheating, Part 1
When trust is broken in an intimate relationship, it takes great effort to reestablish it. For some, cheating becomes a relationship style because when one’s primary relationship becomes boring, cheating temporarily provides freedom …
The Marriage Divorce Intimacy Style, Part 5
Types of Intimate Relationships
The Marriage Divorce Intimacy Style, Part 5
What brings people closer together? So often, the person we love turns out to be our best critic, not our best supporter. How does this happen? We would never …
The Marriage Divorce Intimacy Style, Part 4
Types of Intimate Relationships
The Marriage Divorce Intimacy Style, Part 4
What do you TALK about when you are with someone with whom you are developing a romantic interest? In your mind, consider the content of your conversations with others. …
The Marriage Divorce Intimacy Style, Part 3
Types of Intimate Relationships
The Marriage Divorce Intimacy Style, Part 3
How do we create intimate marriages that sustain? How can we strive to open ourselves to the person who is supposed to be our closest ally – our husband, …
The Marriage Divorce Intimacy Style, Part 2
Types of Intimate Relationships
The Marriage Divorce Intimacy Style, Part 2
Over the years, I have heard many reasons for getting married. I am sharing a few with my readers to illustrate some of the superficiality with which we approach …
The Marriage/Divorce, Marriage Divorce Intimacy Style
Types of Intimate Relationships
The Marriage/Divorce, Marriage Divorce Intimacy Style
As in some other Western countries, in America we have recognized what is called the serial marriage/divorce cycle. It manifests like this:
1. Two people meet and instantly or gradually, …
The Cycle of Intimacy
There are many models about the cycle of intimacy. Let’s explore how the cycle of Intimacy works as a formula. 1. While we may have many acquaintances, we often feel alone. In our interpersonal relations, we begin to look for …