Trapped in Monkey Barring? Here's why people hop from one branch to another, signs and ways out
New Delhi: Relationship is the purest and affectionate term used between two or more people. A relationship can be between two siblings, a mother and daughter, a father and son, or a boy and a girl meeting as strangers, or between a boy and a girl. However, there are numerous terms we come across these days when we discuss a love relationship, as it is meant to be secure, loving and for mutual growth. But sometimes people fall in unhealthy patterns without realising, or sometimes intentionally too.
In modern-day psychology, a term we might have heard often is ‘Monkey barring’. The term comes from the way monkeys swing from one branch of the tree to another; they never let go of the one branch until they safely land on the other one. Similarly, in relationships, monkey........





















Toi Staff
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