BY: AMIRAH MUNEER

Healthy Relationships9th Grade Health

Relationships

Healthy relationships are an essential part of health.

Increase life span.Relationships can help relieve stress.Healthy body functioning.Being alone can pose health risks

Types of Relationships

FamilyFriendsCasualRomantic

Characteristics of healthy relationships

Mutual respectTrust/supportHonesty/accountabilityShared responsibilityNegotiation/fairness Non Threatening behaviorGood communication

Signs of a healthy relationship

Take care of yourself.Respect for each others individuality.Maintain relationships with friends/familyActivities apart from each other.Freedom to express yourself.Feeling secure and comfortable.

Characteristics of unhealthy relationships

Using intimidation.Using emotional abuse.Harmful behavior.Compatibility problems.Codependence.Jealousy.

Signs of an unhealthy relationship

Pressure to change who you are.Pressure to quit usual activities.Justifying your actionLack of privacy.Physical violenceControlling each other.

Beginning Stages

There are 3 steps to take in developing healthy relationship patterns

1. Build2. Establish3. Explore

Expectations in relationships

Respect changes. Accept differences.

Express wants and needs. Respect your partners rights.

Be prepared to “fight fair.” Maintain the relationship.

Outside pressures

Differences in background.Time together and apart.Your partners family.Friends.

When problems arise….

Understand each others family patterns.Timing counts.Establish an atmosphere of emotional

support.Agree to disagree and move on.Separate wants from needs.Clarify your messages.

Dominant Patterns

Survival relationships

Feeling of dependence on partner.“I am nothing without you.”Abusive relationship.Limited sense of personal boundaries.“Relationship junkies.”

Validation Relationships

Validation of physical attractiveness etc.Insecurity.Diminishing self esteem.Partners may drift apart.

Scripted Relationships

“The perfect pair.”Career oriented couple.

Partners become “invisible.”Stuck in old patters

Acceptance Relationships

Ideal relationship.Trust, support, and enjoyment.Set limits.

Individuation- Assertion Relationships

Based on wants and needs.Partners are encouraging.

Appreciation of differences.Open-minded.

Collateral Patterns

Healing Relationships

Experiencing loss, struggle, deprivation, mourning.

Partners reflect on their past.Provide support and comfort.Multiple healing relationships.

Experimental relationships

“Trying it out” relationship.

Transitional relationships

Cross between old and new

Avoidance relationshipAvoid deep intimacy with others.

Pastime relationshipA summer romance

Is your relationship healthy?

What do you like about your partner?Is your partner accepting of your friends?Is your partner happy about your ambitions?Does your partner respect your opinions?Does he/she listen to you?Can he/she discuss his/her feelings?

Ending quote

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships. ~ Stephen R. Covey

References

http://www.sonoma.edu/users/d/daniels/lynch.html

http://www.pamf.org/teen/abc/types/http://takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/create-healt

hy-lifestyle/relationships/why-relationships-family-are-important

http://bpdfamily.com/bpdresources/nk_a115.htm

http://depts.washington.edu/hhpccweb/article-detail.php?ArticleID=376&ClinicID=13

http://cmhc.utexas.edu/healthyrelationships.html

http://www.sheknows.com/love-and-sex/articles/806216/unhealthy-relationship-characteristics