Are you a couple that has been struggling with the effects of the last 2 years?
With 27% of Brits reporting that the pandemic has made their relationship worse. It is important to reflect on how COVID has affected your relationship. Relationships can be “complicated” at the best of times. The struggle of work, kids, family, social life, and finances can create areas of friction, and those things that we once would let wash over us start to annoy and fester especially if your relationship is starting to show the cracks.
With the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, working from home and spending a lot more time together than usual, was not a pleasant experience for some couples. This came at a high cost for some concluding that this was the end of the road of their relationship.
If you were one of the lucky ones who thought spending more time with each other was a blessing and not a curse, take a bow you have navigated the experience well.
For the rest of you. If you are still together but things are not as they once were, rather than throwing in the towel you really should consider committing to relationship counselling.
Despite what you may believe or see on the TV this is not just a nosey person poking and prodding all the areas of your life and judging in a condescending manner. This is real-life therapy where the aim is for you to reconnect with each other and understand what your partner is trying to say to you and how to effect meaningful change.
Sometimes it’s easier to blame rather than listen. No matter how long you have been in a relationship you can never live a day in your partner’s shoes. We all make mistakes yet equally, we all have the ability to change.
Think about when you first met and how you behaved with one another? Is there really any reason that you should be any different now? I am not talking about the smoochy stuff and wild lust. I’m actually talking about behaviour, language, affection, care, interest, wanting to share time together and communication to name a few.
Why should those things change? And if they have why have they? Would you like that back? If you answer yes then get in touch I’d love to help. And for those who have been unfortunate to lose a relationship on the back of lockdown then equally I am here to support you too on a solo journey.
Enjoy your day guys and to sign off be kind remember a friend was once a stranger until you said hello.