‘Toxic Relationships’ Archives
How Do You Start A NEW Relationship With Your Ex?
Question: Yangki, I really want to buy your eBook because I love your articles and your approach to love and relationships. Can you clarify what you mean by "starting the relationship with your ex all over". My ex and I were together for 4 years. We've broken up several times but always found ourselves back with the other. I have no doubt she [...]
‘I Love You’ May Not Always Mean ‘I, Love You’
Just mere semantics, right? Not so fast. According to relational communication expert Sean Horan, an assistant professor at DePaul University in the College of Communication, affectionate behaviour is not all that it seems. "Gestures such as hand holding, kissing and cuddling could be indicators that your partner is mad at you," explained [...]
Using “No Contact” To Emotionally Break Your Ex
Anna Wrote: I am a little confused about one part in your article. In one of the paragraphs you say that people who use 'no contact' are not using it because they love you... Yet in the same paragraph you also say that these people are not out to hurt the person they love, which implies that this would be done to a person they love... So then, if [...]
10 Common Barriers To Getting Back Your Ex
If you still have strong feelings for your ex, it's only natural to want to fight to get him or her back. But contrary to what you might think, getting your ex to contact you, respond to your text/call, or even go out with you is not the hardest part of getting your ex back. The hardest part is making sure things start of with a better [...]
Toxic Relationships: Why Are You With Him/Her?
There are some relationships that make you think, "why are you even together?" As an outsider, it seems so obvious to you that the relationship is toxic and each person is better of with someone else. But it's not so obvious to the person in the relationship - and may have not been so obvious to you when you were in a relationship that others [...]
How You Can Tell You Are About To Break-Up
Researchers in a study that used a technique often used to assess racism and bias, other feelings people have trouble admitting to themselves say that you can tell if a romantic relationship is going to fall apart how people automatically respond to words referring to their partner to words with pleasant or unpleasant meanings. The 222 [...]
Who Has More Power – You Or Your Ex?
Does it make you angry and frustrated that your ex has "more power" in the situation than you do? If it does, you need to read this -- to the very end. According to a new study recently published online in the National Communication Association's journal, Communication Monographs, people's thoughts during a conflict situation reflect and [...]
10 Ways Your Ex Feels Rejected By You
It seems that these days, everyone is writing about their experience dating or being in a relationship with a narcissistic boy/girlfriend, spouse, partner or ex. I myself have written one article on selfish boy/girlfriends. While there are men and women who are incapable of love, men and women who don’t know how to open their hearts to love [...]
Facebook Unfriending Has Real Life Consequences
Unfriending someone on Facebook may be as easy as clicking a button, but a new study from the University of Colorado Denver shows the repercussions often reach far beyond cyberspace. "People think social networks are just for fun," said study author Christopher Sibona, a doctoral student in the Computer Science and Information Systems program [...]
Are You Misinterpreting Your Ex’s Actions?
Fear of rejection and worry that someone might not love you enough is bound to create some level of concern and stress during the ups and downs of a relationship says a new study published in the journal Psychological Science. But fear of rejection or worry that someone will leave you does not only affect your mental well-being, it also affects [...]
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