While we can all say different things about love, the one thing most people can agree on is that it should feel safe. You should never be worried about saying the wrong thing to your partner or having ...

Have you ever been in a relationship with a man and thought, "This guy is pretty controlling? " Or perhaps you've been hanging out with a guy friend and noticed he displays some pretty strange and ...

Behind every adult in therapy lies a childhood filled with phrases their parents called love—words that sounded caring but ...

In the early stages of a relationship, control rarely looks toxic. It looks like someone who checks in all the time. Someone who wants to know where you are, who you’re with, what you’re wearing. It ...

It's nearly impossible to be in love and in control at the same time, for love requires a degree of humility that pride won't allow. "Aren't I just being self-protective?" Therapists get this question ...

I have been with my boyfriend for more than three years. In the first two years of our relationship, there were issues with infidelity that caused us to take a six-month break, but we ultimately got ...

I’ve been with my boyfriend for over two years now – we’re in college. Very recently, a guy I used to know FaceTimed me. I didn’t recognize his number because it isn’t saved. The thing is, we had ...

The only way to protect yourself from heartache is to get to a place where, as noted by James Caan in Thief, “nothing means nothing anymore.” It's nearly impossible to be in love and in control at the ...