By Lori H. Gordon — 2016
How relationships are sabotaged by hidden expectations.
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CLEAR ALL
Teens want honesty from adults just as adults crave the truth from teens. If we both want the same thing, why is it so hard to get there?
We learned early on that we had no control over her moods or our own rewards or punishment. She was entirely unpredictable.
Do you have a strained or complicated relationship with your mother? Maybe difficulties from childhood carried over into your adult relationships, setting the stage for complications with romantic partners or your own children.
Trust: You cannot have a healthy relationship without it. And yet, virtually all of us can bring to mind a scenario where our trust has been broken.
It’s become more and more difficult to remain vulnerable, trusting, and open to life in this era of uncertainty, global upheaval, divorce, and disrupted family life.
Still clinging to the fears and fury of childhood? You can unarrest your development once and for all.