What are your beliefs about relationships?

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What are your beliefs about relationships?

Explore your beliefs about relationships in your journal. Answer the following questions in a โ€˜stream of consciousnessโ€™ style, without lifting your pen from the paperโ€ฆ

  • How does being in a committed relationship make you feel?
  • How does being single make you feel?
  • What are your fears about being in a committed relationship?
  • What do you think the main benefits of being in a committed relationship are?
  • What are your fears about being single?
  • What are the benefits of being single?

Complete the following sentences:

  • I think marriage isโ€ฆ
  • I think a committed relationship isโ€ฆ
  • I think being single isโ€ฆ
  • I canโ€™t be happy in a relationship becauseโ€ฆ
  • I can be happy in a relationship becauseโ€ฆ
  • I canโ€™t be happily single becauseโ€ฆ
  • I can be happily single becauseโ€ฆ
  • People in committed relationships areโ€ฆ
  • Married people areโ€ฆ
  • Single people areโ€ฆ

Look at your answers and consider whether your current beliefs about relationships help or hinder your sense of fulfilment with regards your own relationship status. What would happen if you changed your beliefs about relationships?

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