Identify Healthy v. Unhealthy
Feeling like they can tell their partner anything.
Healthy Relationship
A person's partner makes them feel unsafe.
Breakup with them, and talk to a trusted adult or contact one of the support hotlines from the presentation/resource sheet if you need help doing this.
Giving up something important to you.
Sacrifice
A person needs to be in a romantic relationship to be successful.
False
A partner constantly needing to know where their partner is going, who they're with, and other specific details.
Controlling Behavior
A person's partner getting angry when their partner tries to have a serious conversation.
Unhealthy Relationship
A person and their partner get into arguments about where to eat.
Explain to them why this makes them frustrated, and that they don't like how much they bicker. They should try to come up with a compromise.
Two people work together to find a mutually acceptable decision.
Compromise
All relationships are meant to be long term.
False
It doesn’t feel like a person’s partner is there for them, or like they don’t care how their partner feels.
Lack of Support
A person gets mad when their partner spends time with their friends instead of with their partner.
Unhealthy Relationship
A person's partner pressures them into doing things they're not comfotable doing, and they won't listen when they try to talk about it.
Breakup with them, and talk to a trusted adult or contact one of the support hotlines from the presentation/resource sheet if they need help doing this.
Pride and confidence in yourself.
Self Respect
It is important for a person to leave a relationship where they feel unsafe or disrespected.
True
A deep fear of being emotionally exposed, resulting in protective, guarded, or distant behavior to avoid rejection, judgment, or pain.
Fear of vulnerability
A person and their partner have a disagreement, but they come up with a fair compromise.
Healthy Relationship
A person's partner gets upset when they spend time with their friends instead of with them.
Talk to them about how they can enjoy spending time with everyone. Also explain that over-dependence isn't healthy and isolation is a sign of abuse.
Confidence in your own worth and abilities.
Self Worth
If someone feels unsafe, or is being abused, they can breakup with their partner without trying to resolve their issues first.
True
Excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner.
Codependence
A person feels like they have to communicate with their partner 24/7, or let them know where they are at all times.
Unhealthy Relationship
A person's partner does something nice for them, but then threatens them if they don't reciprocate the action.
Breakup with them, and talk to a trusted adult or contact one of the support hotlines from the presentation/resource sheet if they need help doing this.
Open and respectful exchanges of differing ideas to find an outcome that works for everyone.
Healthy Conflict
Taking care of a person's mental health is equally as important as taking care of their physical health.
True
The practice of psychologically manipulating someone into questioning their own sanity, memory, or powers of reasoning.
Gaslighting