Healthy Close Relationships

Relationships require nurturing. They need attention and communication. If you don't nurture your relationships, they will die. You may not be as close as you once were or you may just lose the person altogether. This is true in romantic relationships, friendships, or family relationships. So, it's important to want to work on nurturing those relationships that mean something to you. Following are some affirmations that you can repeat daily to develop the belief that you need to put attention into your relationships.

The three prototypes explored are avoidant, anxious-ambivalent, and secure attachments which describes how partners will behave in close relationships and how caring and supportive each individual is within their relationship. Avoidant attached individuals are withdrawn from relationships and untrustworthy of others. Anxious-Ambivalent individuals worry often about their partner’s needs being fulfilled as well as theirs and analyze if they’re moving too fast in the relationship when compared to their partner. Secured individuals are completely trustworthy of their partner and confident in their feelings and

Having a strong relationship takes a lot of work and commitment sometimes. It's amazing to have a long lasting strong relationship and it's not so amazing when they start to fade. There are many qualities that can help keep strong relationships. Everyone love's having that strong relationship with those special people in their lives, and they still have strong relationship's because of the different qualities in their relationship with the people. Even if a strong relationship ends you'll always make new ones and you'll have learned from the previous one what to do and not to do. In this essay i'm going to list three qualities that has helped me keep strong relationships.

When we think of relationships, do we ask ourselves what it truly takes to have mutual ones? We learned about the types of relationships from reading Of Mice and Men and watching movies like The Mighty and Tuesdays with Morrie; what about in real life, however? What does it take to have a mutual relationship with someone? What factors go into this? Through the movies, we learned that relationships can come in all shapes and colors, and sometimes these relationships don’t start off healthy. There are times where relationships can start off on a parasitic foot. Or maybe they end in parasitism. While reading this, you’ll get a glance into the different types of relationships, the factors that go into healthy relationships and what to watch out for when you’re unsure.

Do you know what the DNA of relationships is? Well, I finally figured it out. After reading the book DNA of Relationships, according to author Dr. Grey Smalley, the three codes are: you are made for relationships, you are made with the capacity to choose, and you are made to take responsibility for yourself (Smalley 11). While reading this book I came across a few unnoticed strengths and weaknesses of how I handle my own relationships. I was able to point out some expectations I look for in a relationship, as well as the boundaries I set in result of fear. Although I have was not able uphold past relationship because I was not aware of these fears, I known have the ability to improve my relationships.

One of the strongest bonds formed in a lifetime, is often between a child and their primary caregiver. Parents bond with their baby from the moment of conception. Infants are helpless from birth, and need consistent, loving responses to their needs for food, sleep and comfort. Thus, I believe that healthy attachment is the basis for forming healthy adult relationships. There are several personal experiences that support my point of view of forming healthy attachments for instance, from the moment I was born to the day I began kindergarten I had been attached to my caregivers, in particular my mother. Most of my childhood days were spent with my mother, I spent every single moment with her the only time I would be alone was when I slept. On

In a passage of Roberta M. Gilberts textbook Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions (1992), she argues “Excellence in relationships, for most people, ranks alongside unified field theory among the inscrutable problems of the world” (p. 113). I believe this statement accurately sums up how there is no such thing as a perfect relationship, only two individuals working on their own personal level of maturity, which in turn will lead to a well-functioning relationship. There were several concepts presented throughout chapters 13 – 20 and in the video discussions. They were each of equal importance and each greatly impacts the understanding of relationships and how to move towards better relationships.

Relationships are what make up our world today. Everyone has a bond of some sort with someone. They shape the way we see others and how we act. A great relationship, then, is not a perfect one, but a healthy one. Healthy relationships develop when both parties are invested in the relationship.

The fairy tales say that once upon a time a girl met a boy; they fell in love, and lived happily ever after. Reality is not that simple. Long-term relationships force couples to get to know each other, involve themselves in each others’ worlds, fight through the hard times, and eventually develop deeper connections through distinctive stages of Knapp’s relationship model. Although I have dated the same person for over two years, the stages of our communication make it seem as though I am now dating a different person following dissolution and subsequent repair. However, even the most exhilarating of roller coaster rides develop through a combination of ups and downs, much like the stages of a relationship.

Every family faces stressors in normal everyday life. In addition to regular family stress, military families also face stress attributed to military life. Military families experience things like deployments, relocations, PTSD, depression, other mental health issues and constant shifting of family responsibilities due to parental absences. Due to the transitional nature of military family life, it is crucial that relationships within the family stay strong to generate good collective familial stress management. Relationships and interactions within the family are thought to shape the way an individual experiences stress, in that families can worsen stress or promote resilience. Poor family relational health is suggested to

True communication is beyond words. It's verbal and mental, as well as even physical. Communication is not just about talking; it also includes listening to one another. The value of text messaging is not all negative, but it should be used sparingly. It’s good for the small messages like “What are you doing tonight?” or “How’s it going?” but when it comes to getting to know someone the best approach is face-to-face.

Over the last decade, text messaging has evolved from a new way to communicate, to a primary form of communication, specifically among teens and young adults (Reardon, 2008). The popularity of texting has shown overtime, that certain people may even have a preference for non-verbal communication. Although text messaging is convenient in many ways, it can have negative impacts on communication and the people using it. These impacts can be minor, such as a small miscommunication, or major, by effecting the way we socialize as humans, with emotion and tone (Chaney, 2014). Interpersonal communication is where I believe text messaging has the largest potential for negative impact, with all nine subjects involving the sender and receiver, to cause

However, there are people that do not understand the definition of relationship which is defined as being the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected. The idea here is not only defining what a relationship is but to maintain a good relationship. A relationship can bring effects to your life that can be “high-quality close relationships that contribute to mental and physical well-being; poor quality close relationships create stress and undermine health and well-being. Relationship quality depends on beliefs about a relationship partner’s responsiveness— that is, on the perception that a partner understands, values, and supports important aspects of the self” (Canevello and Crocker, 2010). In fact, people do not always have healthy relationships, but then they try to have them, especially, with those people that are always in your life since they are first born. They can be either their parents or their children. Sometimes, relationships between parents and their children can be difficult. Either the parent does not understand the child’s behavior, or the child does not understand the parents. Parents tend to be very protected and have good relationships that can be effective with the development of each member of

Ethnic differences. Pleasing others. Education differences. These are all things that will be obstacles in building strong relationships. Strong relationships are when two people are helping each other grow in areas that need, and the relationships are making both people happy and the people should not be afraid to show who they really are. Therefore the most important thing about growing up is building strong relationships even if there is obstacles in the way.

Have you ever had a bestfriend for longer than ten years? Or how about maintain a relationship for longer than ten years? If you have, then you know it is not always easy, and requires work. Traits about ourselves and others is what keeps relationships going. If two people don't have common traits with each other, there is a good chance that their relationship wont last forever. So, what are good qualities to maintain in a healthy, long-lasting relationship? I believe that having a serving heart, fun, trust and loyalty are key qualities to a good relationship.