Healthy Relationships
You and your partner, family or friends should view each other as equals
Equality
Unable to talk about difficult topics
Lack of Communication
True or false Healthy Love allows for individuality
True
A tactic to get the other person to feel a certain way.
What is manipulation
Includes respecting human beings as unique individuals to include: respect of dignity and seeing value in each other
Respect
Is not a good foundation for any relationship
Dishonesty
Healthy love brings out partners' what qualities
Best
This is when one person gets upset over something the other person believes is trivial.
what are unrealistic expectations?
You should feel comfortable expressing your thoughts, ideas and feelings. You should be able to agree to disagree in a constructive way.
Communication
Includes name calling, breaking boundaries, and constantly questioning and criticizing the other person's choices and decisions
Disrespect
Partners should accept this
Endings
This is when someone takes situations and responds argumentatively
What is combative?
Is a key to a healthy relationship. Is established over the course of a relationship through showing consistency in words and actions.
Trust
Being dependent on someone financially, emotionally, or psychologically could indicate an unhealthy relationship
Dependence
You should experience openness to what
Change
Keeping lists of offences in an attempt to justify resentments is called __________.
What is transactional?
Not placing blame on others and owning up to mistakes.
Responsibility & Accountability
this becomes unhealthy when it is constant or excessive and becomes about one partner possessing the other
Jealousy
Invites what in the partner
Growth
Using intimidation and fear to meet my needs is:
what is aggression?
Encourage others to grow separately and together
Support
Mind games, convincing a partner to ignore their wants/desires/needs and using guilt
Manipulation
Experiences true _______
intimacy
Examples of this are physical, emotional, psychological, financial, sexual and spiritual/social control.
What is abuse?
Is important in a healthy relationship. You can't build a good foundation on lies.
Honesty
Using this to tear the other person down could be a form of emotional abuse
Criticism
Finds this in giving & receiving
pleasure
Expecting your partner to read your mind is _______.
what is unrealistic?
Establishing what you are comfortable and uncomfortable with
Boundaries
This is an often used tactic by abusers to make the victims/survivors dependent on them by cutting off their ties to support networks, this increasing their power and control in the relationship
Isolation
Accepts limitations of who
Self & Partner
These are often kept because I feel shame.
What are secrets?