The Lies We Tell Ourselves To Stay In Relationships | Mid Week Tease
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Adelle explores the lies we tell ourselves to stay in relationships that no longer serve us.
Sometimes the hardest part isn't realising a relationship isn't working. It's admitting that you've known for a while.This week on the Mid Week Tease, Adelle unpacks the stories we tell ourselves when we're trying to stay in relationships we've already begun to outgrow: maybe I need to give it more time, maybe I'm expecting too much, but they're a good person, maybe I haven't communicated clearly enough, what if I regret leaving? She explores self-abandonment, the sunk-cost fallacy, our attachment to potential, the difference between intuition and anxiety, and why we sometimes keep asking for another sign when our bodies have been giving us information all along. Plus, a question worth sitting with:If you trusted yourself completely, what would you already know? In this episode: Why “relationships are hard” can keep us tolerating chronic unhappiness Falling in love with someone's potential instead of the relationship you actually have Why someone doesn't have to be a bad person for you to leave The sunk-cost fallacy and staying because you've already invested years When communication becomes negotiating against reality Listening to your gut without treating every uncomfortable…
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