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# Circumscribing, Stagnating, Avoiding, and Terminating Relationships This document describes different stages of relationship dynamics. It outlines how these stages can manifest and provide insight into the potential motivations behind them. **1. Circumscribing:** * Occurs when individuals lose...
# Circumscribing, Stagnating, Avoiding, and Terminating Relationships This document describes different stages of relationship dynamics. It outlines how these stages can manifest and provide insight into the potential motivations behind them. **1. Circumscribing:** * Occurs when individuals lose themselves in a relationship and neglect their own needs. * Characterized by a lack of self-care and a tendency to avoid making time for oneself. * Can manifest as creating a "bubble" to protect oneself. * Potential solution: Creating balance by making time for individual needs and self-care. **2. Stagnating:** * Happens when the "bubble" becomes larger, and leads to reduced self-disclosure. * Reduced communication and connection in the relationship. * May result from increasing distance between partners. * Indication that time spent together has decreased, but the relationship might not be in danger if the individuals actively address the issue. **3. Avoiding:** * Happens when individuals create distance through excuses, or avoid direct communication. * Implies a desire to move away from the relationship. * Not all relationships are meant to last forever. **4. Terminating:** * Represents a complete end to a relationship. * The relationship is fully and completely severed. **Dialectical Tensions** Four main dialectical tensions were highlighted: 1. **Integration-Separation:** This refers to the conflicting desire for connection and independence. People want closeness but also want space and individuality. This is a normal tension and is internally and externally experienced. 2. **Stability-Change:** Relationships need stability, but some amount of change is also beneficial. Too much stability can lead to stagnation and staleness. Too much change can lead to instability. 3. **Expression-Privacy:** Balancing the need to share with others with the desire for personal privacy is a fundamental aspect of any close relationship. **Summary** The document discusses different stages a relationship may pass through. These stages can be characterized by various behaviors or tendencies. It also highlights dialectical tensions that are frequently encountered in relationships, like the need for both connection and independence as well as the need for both stability and change.