Intimate relationships

Like all forms of communication, self-disclosure is a process that takes place between people who are getting to know one another. It can be messy- being vulnerable is rarely comfortable- but it is vital in establishing and maintaining healthy relationships…

Imagine being in a fantasy relationship with a prince when your first love is still waiting for you to come back to him. The Selection series shows an intense love triangle between Maxon, Aspen, and America. With her in the Selection alongside Maxon and Aspen a guard in the castle, numerous complicated situations have arisen throughout the story. This journal will explain how Maxon and America’s relationship first started and how it is now, and how her and Aslpen’s relationship begun and how its…

The ability to communicate has significantly changed in the past century. From the invention of the telegram in 1837 to the development of the modern-day telephone in the 2000s, the means of communication have allowed humans to reduce delivery time and stay up to date at the rate in which events occur. Sherry Turkle, a psychology professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, argues that the once brilliant and practical development of technology negatively affects human intimacy in her book…

their lifetime and effects their social-emotional development, and thus relationships with other people. Attachment styles greatly affect the choice one makes in life partners, and how to parent their own children. It is important for everyone to gain insight on their own attachment style if they are to know their emotional limits and how to strengthen their flaws in order to develop a better-self and stronger relationships with other people. It is even more so important for caregivers to be…

Relationship are a part of living, an ongoing verbal and nonverbal way that human communicate. A couple of years ago, I journaled for one month about all the different types of communication I had through the day with people in my life. It was interested to learn how much I communicate each day. I found myself using many types of communication including words, looks, and body language. I also saw what an impact it made on my life, and that of my families. So, when the list of assignment had to…

Overall my attachment style is that of the secure relationship style, but I tend to revert toward the avoidant attachment style at times. The majority of the time when meeting people I perceive them as able of loving me, and that, I, myself am capable of receiving love from that specific person. In certain scenarios when insecurity can creep in, I lean toward the avoidant attachment style by placing my value in myself and in my academic work. During these scenarios, when I allow my insecurities…

Tony Kushner’s Angels in America is a classic drama work that discusses head-on the raw controversies and issues this country has faced during a divided time. With the Reagan Administration in full swing during the 1980s and the breach of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, ideologies such as how one orientated themselves, race, gender, and religious beliefs were something that segregated the country, and are issues that are still consistent today. Kushner has managed to combine all these ideas into a…

what she has lost. She is also filling the void she feels when Glenn, her boyfriend, doesn’t reward her materially for their sexual relationship. Jenny steals things like cash, cookies and presents in mail packages sent to other college students. Throughout the story, Jenny begins to reveal the reason behind her theft problem which is an ongoing sexual relationship with her father that started when she was a small child. Her father has essentially stolen her innocence and continues to…

inaccurate expectations (in this case, a self-fulfilling prophecy) created devastating consequences. Expectations can aid or hinder one’s ability to navigate circumstances and relationships. Expectations are…

through life alone. We all need someone to rely on or to follow her or his steps as well. Some people follow the steps of their idols, whether they are singers, actors, sportsmen or women, etc. Similarly, other people may find inspiration in their more intimate circle of family or friends. But why do the inexperienced or the young seek for the guidance of a mentor? Well, certainly human beings always tend to search for someone for guidance and inspiration. Usually when we are kids we tend to…