How to Tell If It's Time to End Your Relationship
Think you're in love? Think it might be time to end your relationship? Not sure if your broken heart is worth mending? Read this article to help you decide.
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Trust your gut. If something doesn't feel right, it probably isn't. If you're reading this article, unless you stumbled upon it by mistake, chances are, things might not be right in your relationship or you know someone who is in a relationship that may need help. Sometimes, just being available for encouragement is plenty to help someone you care about get away from a bad relationship and move into one that is safer and emotionally healthy.
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If you are living in fear of your partner, and don't feel comfortable communicating with him/her, it might be time to move on. Well, not maybe- definitely. You should never fear your boyfriend or spouse. Communication is extremely important in a relationship, and if there is something that is continually preventing you from communicating openly and honestly, there might be something wrong. If the communication problem cannot be overcome, chances are the relationship will crumble anyway, because relationships cannot survive without communication. Now, communication difficulties may be overcome by counseling or therapy. Sometimes even therapeutic couple retreats can help open up the lines of communication and make things better.
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Has your partner ever become physically violent with you or hurt you? Have you been threatened or hurt by your partner? There's no need to proceed any further; the relationship has already been broken to a point of no return. Get out of this relationship before you get seriously injured, if it hasn't happened already. Seek advice and protection from domestic violence shelters, women's advocacy programs and other community organizations that offer help for battered women.
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Has there been infidelity in the relationship? While I personally don't believe that even one act of indiscretion is excusable, if there has been unfaithfulness more than once in the relationship, move on. The trust in the relationship has been lost during the acts of infidelity, and it's time to let go. Things will never be the same, and trust will not be re-established. The lack of trust will quickly begin to eat away at the relationship, causing an already unstable relationship to crumble rapidly.
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Trust your gut; it's often more reliable than our heart and our mind. If you are in a relationship that is hurting, it's time to end it and move on. A good relationship should not hurt or cause you emotional grief on a regular basis; you deserve better. Take comfort in the fact that you will find happiness, even if it wasn't with this particular person. Hang in there. :)
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Tips & Warnings
This article is meant to serve as general guidelines for recognizing an unhealthy relationship. It is not all inclusive. If you aren't happy in your relationship, you should consider methods to either fix it until it's salvageable, or allow it to go.
