Are you avoiding relationship to avoid hurt?
Healthy relationships have so many benefits, and it concerns me how many social media posts bash men, women, and relationships in general. ๐ข Being single is great (I enjoyed it for many years), and is preferred for sure to a toxic or unhealthy relationship. ๐ฅ I also know some of people with consciously or unconsciously avoid dating and/or getting back in relationships more permanently because they don't want to get hurt. What if we reframed our own internal messages? Instead of "they didn't ask me out on another date," it sounds more like, "we weren't quite a match, and there is someone out there better for both of us. I'm glad they could recognize it and honored me and themselves by moving on." Psychology Today posted 10 Benefits of being single and included "benefits" such as, "They can manage their own eating," and "they're not getting hurt." I think some of us get just as hurt being single as we do being in a bad relationship. Healthy relationships are powerful, joyful, and synergistic. Yes, hurt happens, as do disagreements, yet the overall energy of a healthy relationship is positive and loving. Healthy dating looks like knowing what we want, setting boundaries around our needs and desires, and following through with kindness and compassion for self and other. What do you think?