Ask These 5 Questions to Determine if Your Partner is Emotionally Safe

These often-overlooked qualities will make or break a relationship.

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While there are many items that contribute to relationship happiness, trust and safety are the foundation of a relationship. When trust and safety aren’t present, it’s impossible to having a healthy and satisfying relationship.

And a relationship can only be healthy and safe if both partners are emotionally healthy and safe.

If you’re unsatisfied in your relationship, or worse, if your relationship is creating unhappiness or pain, it’s important to assess your partner. You may be in a relationship with a good person who you’re incompatible with. But you could be in a relationship with someone who is unsafe.

Our choice of a partner is one of the most important choices we will ever make, as it greatly influences our lives and well-being. Being in a relationship with an unsafe person is detrimental to both our emotional and physical health.

Ask these five questions to determine if your partner is emotionally safe.

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