High conflict people, also called HCPs, have several distinct characteristics. This does not serve as a diagnosis, but a conflict form of behavior. Those with high conflict personalities may often have a personality disorder, which is diagnosable. This means they have...
If you are worried that you are being “clingy,” begin with a specific situation rather than a judgment about your personality. Wanting contact or reassurance is ordinary. Repeatedly pushing past another person’s limits is a behaviour you can address. You do not...
Having a history of trauma or pain can be a real hinderance to one’s current dating life. It can color and distort the way a person views themselves, a potential partner and society. This includes how a person selects a partner, people they are attracted to, and how...
Avoid labels: It’s ok to not refer to each other as boyfriend or girlfriend for the initial months. But if you are closing in on a year together and they still are dodging label then you are seeing a red flag. Men, especially, often go after things they desire. ...
Everyone wants to be loved and to feel connected to other people. They want to find someone that will love and appreciate them. We all have millions of people that we come across, many online friends on social media and other relationships but sometimes even with all...
Care often shows up in ordinary moments: someone listens, follows through on a plan or respects a limit without making you feel guilty. Those actions can help you understand a relationship, but no single gesture proves what another person feels. Use these examples as...
Have you ever started dating someone and things began to get a little serious and you begin to think about how you would love a future with them? Then you realize that neither you nor your partner have ever talked about being exclusively with each other and you wonder...
Do you have a circle of friends where you decided that dating one of them would be interesting but that the stakes might be too high? Do you feel that you are afraid that your feelings would go away after a while and that if you had romantic feelings for one person...
Everyone has had a sex dream before and most of the time, a sex dream doesn’t have anything to do with sex at all. If you are in bed and you are dreaming about having sex with your dream guy, or maybe even your fifth-grade teacher, you wake up and realize you were...
Everyone has loved someone that does not love them back and this can be painful and hurtful for a long time, but you have to learn to confront them and not allow this person to keep stealing your heart. Healing a broken heart can be hard and when unrequited love is...
