diff --git a/personal/mental health/Relationships.md b/personal/mental health/Relationships.md index 1d6c19d..c2bc5d8 100644 --- a/personal/mental health/Relationships.md +++ b/personal/mental health/Relationships.md @@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ There are a few skills that can massively contribute to a healthy relationship. When people are able to find the right images, phrases, metaphors, and words to adequately describe our feelings, there's a kind of "resolution" that comes of it, an easing of tension. In conversation, focusing on finding the right way to explain your feelings can make the conversation more intimate, and more productive, because you can convey your feelings to the other person in a more impactful way. ## Asking Open-Ended Questions +The ability to ask open ended questions can help the other person explore their feelings by asking open-ended questions. This can be done by asking targeted questions, looking to understand their feelings about something, and by making specific statements that encourage the other person to expand on a statement further. +## Expressing Empathy +Empathy *is not easy*. - -## Asking # The R.A.M Model -The Relationship Attachment Model was developed as a way to understand how relationships should grow to become a healthy, stable relationship. +The Relationship Attachment Model is one way to understand how relationships should grow to become a healthy, stable relationship. The broad premise looks somewhat like this: 1. **Know**: You should know someone above all else, and knowing them should come first.