While the events that lead to love, marriage, affairs and divorce can often feel arbitrary, for psychologists there is a definitive science behind why some relationships work and some just don’t. In ...

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Are you sacrificing your sense of self for love? Source: Pexels/Dany Ochoa Relationships can be scary. Your partner could betray you, leave you, or simply not love you. You can also lose your sense of ...

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Healthy relationships require both closeness and autonomy. The ability to move between the two flexibly is a marker of ...

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Ever feel like you're constantly chasing someone who keeps backing off, or maybe you're the one who needs space while your partner wants more closeness? That's an anxious-avoidant trap. When one ...

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Are you anxious, avoidant or secure? What’s rarely discussed is whether people can switch from one camp to another. People wear their “anxious” labels as if they’re fixed for good, but that isn’t ...

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The pop girls are not practicing secure relationship behaviors. And that’s according to science. A 2024 study from the Psychology of Music found that 86 percent of popular music depicts insecure ...