How to Build a Healthier Relationship This Valentine Season

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Valentine's day is on its way, and love is all in the air. Couples prepare for the week of love and surprise their partners with great affection.

While many people will give in to the rich sin of wine and dessert, having a unique mindset might make you celebrate the day more happily and healthily. As you know, Valentine’s Day is not just a day of cheers; it also demands some commitments. It would help if you changed some of your habits to give your partner all they deserve in a relationship.

This blog is solely based on health issues and behaviors that negatively affect your relationship. We will also let you know how to cope with such troubles and be the best partner. Keep reading to make your relationship more substantial and more extended;

What Is the Definition of a Healthy Relationship?

People in true love always look forward to making their relationship healthier. Understanding a healthy relationship can help you build a long-lasting bond with your partner.

A healthy relationship is filled with joy, happiness, and, most importantly, love and trust. Humans are made to relate to others positively, but, unfortunately, this is not always the case. Sometimes, we allow the wrong people to come into our lives and destroy the pleasure.

Healthy relationships do not look the same for every couple since people have different needs. Your specific requirements around communication, affection, sex, space, shared values, and hobbies may change throughout life. So, relationships that do not align with more traditional definitions of a relationship can still be healthy. 

Key Factors of a Healthy Relationship

Friendship

Friendship is the best emotional bond that demands nothing but gives everything. People in a healthy relationship always see their partners as friends. If you tell your partner everything like a friend and find out solutions with the help of each other, you are in a healthy relationship.

Effective Communication

Effective communication helps build a healthy relationship and allows you openly express your feelings. It enables you to deal with bad situations more effectively without wasting time. So, if your relationship has good and effective communication, you are in a healthy relationship.

Trust and Reliability

Trust is an essential element of any relationship, for, without trust, with poor faith, there cannot be a healthy relationship. It is the most crucial factor in determining if a relationship is healthy. So, if you have a trustable bond with your partner, you are in a healthy relationship.

Supportiveness

Couples are like a stick of blind for each other. They support their partners even in the most adverse situations when nobody is there to help. That means a healthy relationship is always made of supportiveness. You cannot claim to be in a healthy relationship without supporting each other.

Importance of Health in Relationships

Health is a vital part of our whole life, and nothing is satisfying like our physical or psychological well-being. Also, good health is central to the relationship happiness that contributes to prosperity, wealth, and even economic progress.

Researchers say healthy couples are more productive, live longer, save more money, and enjoy more than unhealthy ones. All types of physical or emotional health conditions can affect a relationship and might be a reason for separation.       

People with chronic physical health conditions cannot give their partner enough sexual and everyday life satisfaction. And, sometimes, these conditions may lead to an end to your relationship. At the same time, individuals with psychological or emotional disorders may bother their partners by frequently doing what their partners never like.

What Health Conditions Can Affect your Relationship?

Here are some common health conditions that can affect your life on a big scale

1. Chronic Diseases

Having a long-term illness such as arthritis, diabetes, or multiple sclerosis can take a toll on even the best relationship. Physically sick partners cannot feel the way they did before the illness. And his healthy partner may not know how to handle the changes. This situation may last longer in the case of chronic diseases.

Studies show that most marriages between a fit and an unfit (suffering from a chronic disease) spouse do not last long. Also, a caregiver spouse is six times more likely to become depressed.

People feel trapped in such types of relationships. This is why they decide to end the trouble by leaving each other. This end of a relationship will never be pleasant and may affect you even after the separation.

How to Cope

We cannot treat chronic diseases by following quick tips or treatments. You need to have patience and understand each other's physical or emotional needs. With patience and commitment, there are several ways you and your partner can deal with chronic conditions.

2. Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotional condition that affects relationships on a wide scale. Anxiety affects relationships so much that medical science has given it the name of relationship anxiety. Relationship anxiety involves feelings of intense worry about a friendly or romantic relationship. Although professionals are aware of it, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders does not consider relationship anxiety.

Anxiety can impact your relationship in many different ways depending upon the signs and symptoms you are experiencing. The pressure might cause some people to become overly dependent on their loved ones, while others might isolate themselves because of fear of becoming a burden.

How to Cope

When you or your partner have anxiety, two major treatment options may be prescribed; counselling and medication.

Counselling

Several types of counselling can be helpful in the management of most anxiety symptoms. Psychotherapy, also known as psychological counselling, might be an excellent method to treat anxiety with the best talking technique. A therapist reduces your stress by talking to you in this particular treatment.

Treatment 

Anxiety treatment may involve medications like benzodiazepines or sedatives. Your doctor may ask you to take these medications as a part of a complete treatment program. They may also recommend these calm producers even together with other behavioral therapies.

As a partner, you can also help your lover by giving him mental support. You can help them understand what triggers their anxiety and how to avoid those situations.

3. Insomnia

Insomnia is also an emotional condition in which people experience sleep difficulties. In some cases, people with insomnia find it difficult to fall asleep, while in other scenarios, people feel unable to sleep longer.

Research said that people with insomnia are four times as likely to experience relationship issues. The chances of harmful conflicts are more possible in a relationship with an insomniac partner. People who do not get enough sleep also show anxiety symptoms that lead to relationship problems.

How to Cope

Insomnia is an emotional condition that occurs due to a chemical reaction in our central nervous system. Also, it may arise because of a sinful lifestyle or chronic physical health conditions. So, treating the root causes might be the best management option for insomnia.

If your insomnia is because of your sinful lifestyle, you should try lifestyle changes and behavioural therapies. However, some sedatives are also available in the market to help treat your insomnia.

5. Over Possessiveness

Over possessiveness is not a medically proven health condition. It plays an essential role in building a healthy relationship; being possessive means that someone is unwilling to share any part of their partner's time, attention, and love.

You want your partner's care and attention when you get in a relationship. Sometimes, it is customary to expect love and attention from the one you love most, but when your expectations affect your partner's personal space, this might be over possessive.

Over possessiveness can affect your relationship very severe and result in a separation. You may feel jealous and ask your partner unnecessary questions that might lead to relationship troubles.

How to Cope

There is nothing to treat or manage over possessiveness; you are the only one who can treat yourself. Possessiveness is a situation that often stems from insecurities. So if you or your partner wants to stay away from possessiveness, trust is the only way. It would be best if you tried to give your partner their personal space and everything they deserve as your partner.

6. Drug or Alcohol Addiction

Addiction is a condition that affects most U.S. residences nowadays. This condition affects your everyday life and harms your love life. Addiction makes it hard to maintain respect, trust, and open communication, the essential elements of a healthy relationship.

A drug or alcohol addiction can lead to neglecting responsibilities or the needs of their partners. This can hurt your partner and result in a divorce or other conflicts.

How to Cope

First of all, you should not use drugs or alcohol recreationally for non-medical purposes. When necessary, you should take them strictly as recommended by the doctor. This will help you avoid the risk of addiction and get the only positive effects of the drug.

As an intelligent person, you should stop using drugs gradually to avoid the adverse effects of drugs or alcohol. Also, for more information or great professional help, you can meet a doctor.

7. Mythomania (a disorder of telling a lie)

Mythomania is a term that refers to a chronic behavior disorder also known as pseudologia fantsatica. People with this particular disorder tend to speak a lie, even when it is not necessary to lie. In a healthy relationship where trust is vital, mythomania can weaken the bond.

How to Cope

There is no unique treatment for this condition; however, working on the root cause may help ease the situation. On Valentine's day, you can help your partner by treating conditions like anti-social personality or other medical conditions causing mythomania.

However, this behavior condition can also be reduced by controlling yourself. As a mythomania patient, you should speak less and avoid the situation.

8. Memory Problems

People with memory problems often experience conflicts in their relationships. They forget important things and dates related to their partner's life or work. Occasional memory loss is average if it happens once in a while but can be dangerous if it occurs frequently.

How to Cope

Memory problems are linked with several physical or psychological health issues like depression, accidents, etc. A doctor can help you cope with this situation by treating the root cause.

Also, physical exercise and medication can help you strengthen your memory. You, as a patient, can also prefer nutritious foods on your plate to boost your memory.

9. Erection Problems

To give your partner complete satisfaction, a long-lasting erection is necessary. If you cannot fulfill the sexual requirements of your partner, you will lose your connection.

A sexual relationship is not just about having sex; it is about how you treat your partner in the bedroom. Sex does not just mean inserting and taking the penis into your partner's vagina. The mean of sex is that your partner enjoys as much as you.

So, if your erection period is less, you cannot build a healthy relationship, not even on valentine's day.

How to Cope

Most erection problems depend upon your mental health. If you are not mentally fit or fear being failed, you cannot enhance your erection period. Therefore, you should first work on your mental health and manage your health conditions like anxiety.

Also, both medication and meditation can help you avoid erection problems. Drugs are not suitable for long-term use, while meditation is always good for your overall health.

Conclusion

A relationship is a bond of emotions that can only be strengthened by trust and care. Sometimes, physical or mental health conditions can weaken the adhesive; however, you can defeat them all with your great love and affection.

Love is the medication that can treat every disease. All you need to do is let your partner know about the condition you are going through. Once you guys are together to fight, nothing can affect your relationship.

So, take a rose, go to your partner and say your feelings in your style. Also, do not forget to leave a comment below if you like our blog or have any suggestions for us.

Thank You. Wish You a Very Happy Valentine's Day in Advance.