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Being in a HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP means …

If you are in an UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP …

Loving and taking care of yourself, before and while in a relationship.

You care for and focus on another person only and neglect yourself or you focus only on yourself and neglect the other person.

Respecting individuality, embracing differences, and allowing each person to "be themselves."

You feel pressure to change to meet the other person's standards, you are afraid to disagree, and your ideas or criticized. Or, you pressure the other person to meet your standards and criticize his/her ideas.

Doing things with friends and family and having activities independent of each other.

One of you has to justify what you do, where you go, and who you see.

Discussing things, allowing for differences of opinion, and compromising equally.

One of you makes all the decisions and controls everything without listening to the other's input.


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