Tips for building a Healthy Relationship
Are you lost in the imagination of how to keep the relationship healthy and even stay connected and loved by your partner? Not every relationship is perfect. Indeed everyone goes through the ups and downs that we think are only in our relationship. It shall work out as long as you commit to it, give needed time, and adapt to the changes. Be it the disastrous experience in the past relationships or just starting a new one or have been into one for a long time, you need to maintain a healthy relationship that has lost its spark. One can still find satisfaction and stay connected with building a healthy relationship.
What is that we call a healthy relationship?
Each relationship is unique on its own, as the purpose of one’s arrival is different. The connection stays healthy as long one shares a common goal or how you imagine it to be and is going the way you want it to be, which comes to that point of profoundly connecting.
On reading the characteristics of the examples, a few principles can aid in making it healthy and exciting.
1. An emotional connection
There is a vast difference in what is called loved or feeling loved. Emotionally you correlate with the partner to make them feel fulfilled and loved. Feeling loved is a way of acceptance, and that is a feeling when your partner values you. Some of them seem great on the surface level but indeed lack the coexistence of each other emotionally.
2. Stay opinionated about things.
Most of them are in a relationship when the conflict arises, they talk it out quietly, and others give out their voice. Being in a healthy relationship is that one must not fear being opinionated when in conflict. If something bothers a person, it must be conveyed to feel safe to express and not fear. At the same time, the point is resolving the issue without feeling degraded or humiliated about the context.
3. Don’t lose yourself.
How important it is to be involved in the relationship with a partner, that important it is to be involved in the things that interest you. Meaning to say, not losing the sense of you is too essential in a relationship. Most of us lose ourselves in the expectations from the partners. In the films, it looks fascinating but not in reality.
4. Communication is the way of the bond.
In a relationship, one must communicate about their thoughts, desires, needs, and even fears to be transparent about each other. When there is no communication, the relationship stays one-sided and left out.
Are you no longer fall in love?
When we initially start, the experience is explained by the fallen in love concept but what remains as we move ahead is the “no love.” For love to exist forever, it takes attention to the problems between you and your romantic partner. When there is no attention, it loses its effect. People only engage in solving the unavoidable issues, but what about those.” not visible but are a problem? We don’t care? Then it’s an indication of your lack of attention in holding love.
Spend quality time.
Remember the time you dated? Spent times seeing each other, shared exciting things? That could only happen due to investing time in knowing each other. Now in the fast-paced world, we only send text messages saying,” Busy, will call you in some time.” Where has the time gone that you had earlier? So, the same is conveyed through a voice message which gives a natural touch.
To retain what’s lost, begin by committing some time to the partner regularly.
Stick on something that you like doing together: Be it a coffee or a daily walk.
Try new things to spark up light between you: Maybe visiting a place, you have never seen or going to a new restaurant.
Communicate your way through
Partners are not mind-readers to know what you want. Only when communicated, one understands what is that you expect. Sometimes, one may think it has been long since we are together, and they shall understand even without conveying. It is ultimately a wrong notion. You might now be different to guess. So, speak your expectations with each other.
And lately, there is a thing called non-verbal cues where one speaks through eye contact or touch or even hug. These are emotional gestures toward the partners. These gestures are needed in the lifestyle. What’s the harm in letting the partner know that you love them by these gestures, right?
And especially try and listen to what the partner has to share with you rather than just hearing.” as there is a difference in both of them. So give attention while you hear them and respond actively.
Final thoughts
As important as the above points, maintaining intimacy in the relationship is essential, holding hands or hugging to keep the bond alive. A commitment is from two sides ad not just one-sided hence the relationship works with compromising. There is a give-in and take concept. What you give is what you can expect in return. So, don’t be a person who wants to be right all the time. One must know how to resolve the conflict respectfully.
Nothing is perfect, be ready to expect ups and downs. If you are going through some stress, avoid taking it out on the other person. Forcing a solution is not the right way to resolve the problem. It can indeed worsen the situation. Whenever you conflict, think of how you got together in the first place. At any point in time, try to be flexible about things that change, and if in trouble that is overwhelming and is out of your hand, reach out to the therapist together.
