Relationship researchers have actually identified exactly how much time couples in healthy relationships tend to spend struggling versus how much time is spent in a positive state. Here's what to know about this magic ratio. 💞
In other words, in healthy relationships, the vast majority of the time is spent in a state of ease and affection.This ad is displayed using third party content and we do not control its accessibility features.take a pulse check on your relationship
—and a good reminder that nonstop struggle, drama, frustration, or pain shouldn't be the defining feature of your relationship. If negativity is overly present in your relationship, that's a dynamic that needs to be addressed—not tolerated or glorified."With continued negativity, people distance themselves because they no longer feel valued, appreciated, and loved," Earnshaw notes. They eventually cannot tolerate any more, and the relationship ends—or, perhaps worse, they remain inand eat away at their overall well-being over time.
There will always be hard times, but it's important for couples to be working to improve their dynamic, , and maximize all the stuff that makes relationships so great to be in. Because relationships should, more often than not, feel good. Every relationship will definitely have its ups and downs. Navigating life with another human being will always come with challenges to work through because no two humans are perfectly alike, and it's inevitable that any two people interacting with each other on a daily basis will occasionally hurt and irritate each other.