Irina Zhuravleva

I’m noticing a troubling pattern in relationships: too often people fall into one of two harmful habits — they either minimize their partner’s pain or...

Many of you have shared that lately you’ve been feeling a hollow kind of ache, especially around the holidays — a blend of sadness and...

Limerence is an intense, addictive form of romantic fixation on someone who is unattainable. People caught in it often withdraw from reality and retreat into...

What unfolds when one person lives in constant fear of losing love while the other fears being tied down? This isn’t merely a rhetorical flourish...

Have you ever been in a relationship where one moment everything feels warm and close, and the next your partner seems to withdraw without warning?...

If you are one of the many people carrying the lasting effects of childhood abuse or neglect, I want you to know that you’ve likely...

Okay — here are three important reasons we should avoid letting our partner feel as if sex has become an obligation. Number one: it erodes...

There are moments that stop you in your tracks — not simply because something awful occurred, but because that event reveals you are utterly on...

Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who seems to vanish emotionally just when you need them most? The quiet stretches feel heavier...

Some readers have voiced concern that these messages underplay the gravity of marital commitment, so let it be stated plainly: the bond of marriage deserves...

When someone you care about begins to pull away, your first instinct is often to read that distance as rejection. You start to doubt yourself...

Understanding disorganized (fearful-avoidant) attachment Disorganized attachment develops when a child’s caregiver was both a source of comfort and a source of fear — for example,...

Isn’t it maddening? Just when you finally start to feel lighter—smiling again, sleeping through the night, no longer obsessively checking their Instagram—your phone buzzes and...

They walk away and then silence falls. You check their social feeds and see them seemingly fine — maybe even freer and happier. They drink...

Being betrayed by infidelity and dishonesty is devastating. Has this happened to you? What makes it so bewildering is that betrayal can creep into relationships...

Being ignored by someone, especially by someone who matters to you, cuts in a way that’s hard to describe. It’s not a physical blow or...

Have you ever bent over backward for a man — agreed to things you secretly opposed, dropped everything at the slightest call, or stayed silent...

When my marriage began to crumble and we started seeing a counselor together, one comment she made cut straight to the heart of things. She...

You believe he’s untroubled. You picture him walking away without a backward glance: composed, detached, already moving on as if you never mattered. His feeds...

Η εμμονή μου φαίνεται σχεδόν μεταφυσικό φαινόμενο. τυλίγεται στα συντρίμμια των οικογενειακών διαλυμάτων. Είναι μία εμμονική, υψηλής έντασης εμμονή με ανθρώπους που...

Εξαφανίζονται σαν την πάχνη κάτω από έναν ξαφνικό ήλιο, αφήνοντάς σε να ατενίζεις μια ανησυχητική ησυχία, αναρωτώμενος αν υπήρξε ποτέ η σύνδεση. Γιατί οι σύντροφοι με αποφευκτική συμπεριφορά...

Εντάξει, ιδού η κατάσταση: όλοι έχουν εμμονή με το να εντοπίζουν red flags — ναρκισσισμό, αποφυγή, gaslighting — αναρωτιούνται αν ο σύντροφός τους τους χειραγωγεί κρυφά. Αυτό...

Ξεκινήστε με μια κοινή παρανόηση. Όταν κάποιος αποσύρεται—σταματά να απαντά σε μηνύματα, σιωπά μετά από μια νύχτα οικειότητας ή γέρνει σωματικά προς τα πίσω σε μια...

Αυτό δεν είναι αγάπη — και θα το δηλώσω ευθύς εξαρχής χωρίς περιστροφές. Η έντονη μαγνητική έλξη, η εμμονή σε κάποιον που...