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Many of us have stayed in unhealthy or even abusive relationships, long past their expiration date.

Early family experiences may impact your expectations of adult relationships.

Developing self-awareness and self-compassion can help reverse these patterns.

Ivan was in his second marriage, again with a woman who was unkind to him and who made him feel bad about himself. We had been exploring this in therapy, as he had expressed interest in wanting to end the relationship, but felt overcome with anxiety at the thought of being alone.

The relationships Ivan was exposed to in childhood taught him the template for the relationships he would come to expect in adulthood. He learned that relationships were abusive, that people would be manipulative and unkind, and that they were unreliable. He learned........

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