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You’ve stopped doing things that make you feel happy and healthy.
Do you find yourself reminiscing about things you used to do and realize they all stopped when you started dating your current flame? Consider that another warning sign. “If you find that you stop doing things that make you happy and make you feel healthy when in a relationship because of the pressures from your partner, you are in an unhealthy relationship,” says Dr. Feuereisen. It’s essential to continue to do the things you love and be an individual in the relationship, although Dr. Feuereisen says that’s a message that people don’t always hear. “Our culture tells girls and women to be counterintuitive — if he loves you and is kind and wants to be with you all the time, appreciate it, when you are feeling smothered and you do not appreciate all the attention. Positive relationships bring out the best in people, they are relationships that give space to grow together and individually,” she says.
