Elizabeth Laura Nelson

If you constantly find that you’re rubbing people the wrong way, take a look at this list and consider if you’re doing any of the following seven things.

The elephant in the room is my mental illness. Do my anxiety and depression make me unworthy of love?

Are you drowning in negativity?

Reading in bed together, while it might not be a major milestone — like marriage or having children — truly is a significant event in a relationship.

The only thing worse than being in a bad mood, is dealing with someone else’s bad mood.

Being a parent isn’t everything.

The thing is, when you fight with your partner, it’s your amygdala that takes over. It's the part of the brain that processes fear, and it’s powerful.

Can’t calm down, won’t calm down.

In a marriage, should you really feel lonely that much of the time? And if so, then how lonely is too lonely?

Attracted to the wrong people? Believe it or not, this is actually a good thing.