Friday, May 28, 2010

Relationship M.O.T

Test 1 – combustion engine
A throwaway comment about the lack of milk in the fridge escalates into character assassinations and a Force-9 argument. Familiar? Psychologists refer to this as the ‘negative loop' and it's a dead giveaway that the engine in your relationship is beginning to stutter. "It's characterised by long chains of negative behaviour," says Paula Hall, a psychotherapist and author of Improving Your Relationship for Dummies. "Arguing for no apparent reason is exhausting; it saps the lifeblood from a relationship."..Read more >>

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