The month of 'lluuuvvvv'--Valentines Day--the time where everyone thinks about their relationships. But at this time of year, we are thinking of it mostly in romantic terms. In our surveys, we have found that women spend far more time on learning how to 'attract' or 'keep' a relationship, then looking at the condition of it, or leaving it.
If you look at most of the connection Books, it's all about how to find him, attract him, keep him, and get back together with him. But what if what you always seem to attract is unHealthy men? Then your Guy Magnet is not a good thing. Women who have been in hazardous relationships are often more 'attracted to' the bad boys then wholesome men. In fact, most women say that if given the select between the 'nice guy' and the 'edgey bad boy' they would pick the guy with 'the edge.' Women say they often don't even know what 'Healthy is' in a relationship. Even knowing that they don't know what 'Healthy is' does not slow them or stop them from dating until they frame out what wholesome looks like. They keep doing the same thing and getting the same thing--dangerous relationships.
Time Out: Game Off! If your last 3 or 4 relationships have been unhealthy or even down right dangerous, Stop. Put yourself on a 'Do Not Date Program' until you get some help to find out 'how to spot' unhealthy and hazardous relationships. You Can'T turn What You Don'T See.
What are some ways to find 'Safe' love?
1. Stop dating until you can learn to identify the unlikeness between wholesome and unhealthy. If you can't name the 14 signs of a bad dating choice, you shouldn't be dating! If you want to know what those are--get the hazardous Man book.
2. How are your break up skills? Women worry more about their dating skills then their break up skills. But if you keep picking the hazardous guys, you better know how to fast and safely end it! These guys do not break up like general men do. Additionally, women who have been in more than 1 dangeorus connection tend to be women who wait to be 'released from the relationship'--that means, they wait for him to end it and stay far longer than they feel safe doing. However, since they don't know 'how' to end it, they don't. To find 'Safe' love, learn how to break up.
3. You steer the ship. Women often let the man rule the pace of the relationship--how often they see each other and how fast they get serious. Guess what? Predators have agendas. They want to see you 24/7, they want you to 'think' you have this fast and deep connection when you've only been dating a few months. You are their 'soul mate' and it's 'never been like this with anyone else.' 24/7 does Not mean he's 'that into you.' It is often a red flag for predatory agendas. Women should be in payment of the pacing. If you have been doing the 24/7 Tango, pull the plug. Tell him you need a breather for a few days and would like to get to a general dating schedule (a few times a week). general men will accept it. Pathological and hazardous men will: guilt you, rage, blame you, accuse you of looking other people, threaten to break up, call you/text you 40 times a day. That's Not normal. But it's best you see that now rather than when he has moved in. Women should always Play with the pacing and see what reaction they get.
4. Learn his history. The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. What is his past? If you feel like you can't take his word for it, then for .95 you can find out Alot about what he has been up to in the past. Things I always look for as a therapist are, his criminal history, his connection history, his thinking condition history.
And contrary to what he might be saying, all the other women weren't 'witches, psycho, or ignorant.' His connection history is his alone and points to how successful he is at handling the challenges and hurdles of connection life.
5. Listen to others. Stop 'dissing your girlfriends when they tell you the Truth about him. The citizen around you are your best occasion to hear about him--to tell you if they are concerned about something, to tell you if you have changed for the worse while this relationship, or to point out patterns that observation in the men you choose. Take your fingers out of your ears and hear it.
Women who want healthier and safer relationships have to begin by acknowledging what they have been in up until now and take the steps to learn and change. If we can help, please let us know.
Here's to Safe Relationships in 2007,
Sandra L. Brown
Psychotherapist & Author
How to Spot a hazardous Man
Counseling Victims of Violence
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