How to get your needs met in a relationship: Therapist shares tips
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- From understanding what is missing to making specific requests, here are a few ways to get our needs met in a relationship.
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In any relationship, getting our needs met and being honest about what we want is very important. This leads to better communication and clarity in the relationship. Therapist Sadaf Siddiqi shared a few steps by which we can create more honesty in the relationship and help the partner to understand our needs.(Unsplash)
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The first step is to identify what is missing – be it affection or time or attention. We should first understand what it is that is missing in the relationship. (Unsplash)
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Once we identify the missing elements, we should share the facts with the partner to help them understand our perspective. (Unsplash)
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We should always use I statements to help them understand that we are speaking for ourselves. (Unsplash)
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The next step is to explain the needs and expectations we have so that the partner can understand how important it is for us. (Unsplash)
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