Sometimes we find ourselves in relationships that make us miserable more than they make us happy. Relationships that we know in our hearts are not right still have a hold on us.
If you’re feeling stuck in a dead-end relationship that keeps drawing you back in, how do you know when you should seek therapy?
1. When you are very unhappy in a relationship but are unsure of whether you should accept it as it is, make further efforts to improve it, or get out of it.
2. When you have concluded that you should end a relationship, have tried to make yourself end it, but remain stuck.
3. When you suspect that you are staying in a relationship for the wrong reasons, such as feelings of guilt or fear of being alone, fear of change, fear of conflict, or feeling like you can’t find anyone better and you have been unable to overcome the paralyzing effects of such feelings.
4. When you recognize that you have a pattern of staying in bad relationships and that you have not been able to change that pattern by yourself.
Seeking help could be the first step in getting what you want and what you need from relationships.
For information about healthy relationships, including self-quizzes, click here.
Carrie
