One of the oldest questions in psychology is, “What causes two people to fall in love?” The truth is that your mindset going into a relationship may be one of the most important aspects to a healthy and long-lasting couple….
Have you ever had a romantic interest in someone, but you waited a long time to finally tell them? Often this is a recipe for frustration and disappointment. You spend time with someone, you share good times, you grow more and more fond of them, but you never come forward about your true feelings until...
Traditional wisdom says the closer two people are in a relationship, the better. But recent research shows that this isn’t necessarily the case. A 2013 study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin found that the key to healthy relationships wasn’t whether individuals were closer to each other, but if their “closeness” was at…
“Magical thinking” is an unrealistic view of love influenced by pop culture. We create a picture of the “perfect romance” with our “perfect partner,” and then we get angry at ourselves and the world when no one meets our expectations….