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Is it difficult for you to express your needs in a relationship? Here's why it happens
From not having clarity about our needs to not feeling safe to express, here are a few reasons why we may not express our needs.
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Grief is natural after a breakup. When any kind of relationship goes through a termination, it is natural to feel that sadness. However, often breakups are the chance to start something new. "Breakups are not just an ending; they're a new beginning. They provide you with a unique opportunity to redirect all the love and energy you were pouring into the other person, back into the most important relationship of all: the one you have with yourself," wrote Therapist Jordan Green. Here are a few ways to support ourselves after a breakup.(Unsplash)
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When we come with the trauma of being shouted at or questioned for expressing our needs, we start to believe that we do not have a safe person to express the needs to. Hence, we choose to not share. (Unsplash)
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When we are made to believe that we are sensitive and needy for expressing our needs, we start believing that our needs are wrong and should be bottled up. (Shutterstock)
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When we grow up in homes where our parents made us feel insignificant, we feel the same impact on our adult relationships and think that our needs are not important to be shared. (Unsplash)
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When we feel disconnected from ourselves, we struggle with understanding what our needs are – hence, we feel challenges in expressing them. (Unsplash)
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