{"id":22062,"date":"2017-01-18T17:41:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T14:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/?p=22062"},"modified":"2017-01-18T17:41:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T14:41:23","slug":"failed-relationships-are-good-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/failed-relationships-are-good-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Reasons A Few Failed Relationships Are Good for You"},"content":{"rendered":"
But frustration brings growth, and crisis transformation. Failed relationships have a lot to contribute to our personal growth if we\u2019re only willing to be conscious of the parts of ourselves that they bring us into conflict with.<\/p>\n
When there\u2019s conflict in a relationship it can show you as much about yourself as the other person. If your relationship <\/a>with someone is troubled, the frustration should make you think.<\/p>\n Once you get past blaming them and start to see how the other person reflects your character back at you in a critical light<\/strong>, you start to ask questions about your nature and behavior. We can\u2019t change others, but we can better ourselves.<\/p>\n Failed relationships make you first reflect on what might need changing in you, but they usually shock you into action as well. If you\u2019ve found yourself lacking on reflection, then you can become aware of the behavior that contributed to the problems and try to check it in future.<\/p>\n Before we have a failed relationship or two in our lives, we\u2019ve no reason to look at ourselves more deeply and address some of our character flaws. Relationships aren\u2019t perfect at the best of times, but it we have issues compromising with others and relating, it will eventually show if the same themes repeat themselves<\/strong> in different relationships.<\/p>\n If failed relationships are down to communication problems, they force you to make the effort to try to relate your feelings to others in a more effective way. This can help you have better relationships in future. It can also give you the tools to help your partner with strategies to build bridges and prevent communication breakdown.<\/p>\n Sometimes relationships act as hooks for our own unconscious wishes and desires<\/strong>. If you have your heart broken, it\u2019s good to ask yourself what that relationship represented for you, and try to cultivate the qualities in yourself that you were searching for in the other person.<\/p>\n Failed relationships can also teach you a lot about what your values and your boundaries<\/a> are<\/strong>. The experience and pain of a relationship failing can make you acutely aware of what you don\u2019t want from life. They make you realize that some things are more of a priority in relationships than you thought, and make you more demanding of your relationships in future.<\/p>\n2. They make you try harder<\/h3>\n
3. They show you you\u2019re not who you thought you were<\/h3>\n
4. They make you think about how you relate to people<\/h3>\n
5. They help you recognize what you could cultivate to make yourself whole<\/h3>\n
6. They make you aware of what you are willing to put up with<\/h3>\n
7. They make you aware of how you can be better off alone<\/h3>\n