Research shows that the divorce rate with couples is increasing as well as speeding up. That means that partners now decide more often than a few years ago that they want to end the union. It also means that couples much earlier than years ago decide to call it quits. This happen sometimes right after the birth of the first child even.<\/p>\n
Why is this happening? Are people inclined to make unfounded decisions? Are they more fickle? Do they have higher demands? Is love easier to get without all the hassle?<\/p>\n
All of these factors, and more are certainly partially responsible for this trend. But this is not the complete answer.<\/p>\n
It is well known that your own family background plays a big role in how you \u2018do\u2019 your relationship. Virgina Satir\u2019s<\/a> Family Systems therapy, for example, made very clear how all the parts of a family system influence your own choices in relationships. The Family Constellation work of Bert Hellinger<\/a> also does an excellent job on uncovering hidden dynamics in the family system of your origin.<\/p>\n I have worked with both systems and find them both fascinating and sometimes life changing.\u00a0 <\/span>I say sometimes<\/em>, because although they can uncover hidden dynamics<\/a> and at times facilitate profound change, this does not happen in many other instances.<\/p>\n Things often start very small. One person wants the music loud, the other is afraid the neighbours will be bothered. A valid thing you might think. And on the surface not a big deal. But problems arise when we explore what this means to both partners.<\/p>\n For the partner that likes the music loud it could mean that he wants to celebrate. Get into the mood, let go in the moment, feel free, feel connected. For the partner that is afraid the music is bothering the neighbours. Loud music might mean disharmony with neighbours. Or guilt, and shame if you do something out of order, being seen as inconsiderate and unfriendly and so on.<\/p>\n Both of the meaning perspectives are both true and by themselves valid. But combined they can create a poisonous connection. Because when this happens often the partners make a \u2018jump\u2019 in meaning. The partner playing the loud music can feel that his partner is not in the moment with him. Feeling alone, abandoned even, not recognised. The other partner could feel he is rude, selfish, inconsiderate.<\/p>\n Both of these jumps in meaning can become very problematic between the partners. Ultimately creating negative feelings towards each other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Why is it that they both make these \u2018jumps\u2019 in meaning? What stops them from listening<\/a> to each other and what they both desire? Their family system!<\/b><\/p>\n It is their family system that creates this mess. But not like Satir or Hellinger proclaim.<\/p>\n Our ideas about relationships are formed throughout our upbringing and experiences with partners. All the experiences that we encountered throughout our lives in relation to relationships form the meaning a relationship has for us. The problem is, these templates of \u2018what a relationship is\u2019 for us are ingrained in our unconscious.<\/p>\n The unconscious collective of memories<\/a> shapes our current emotions about the behaviour of our partner. The only thing we \u2018notice\u2019 is how we feel. Our brain is locked up in a black box and it is collecting information from our senses, especially form how we feel. Our brain cannot check the felt information because it is locked in a black box. The only thing it can do is connect the incoming feelings to unconscious templates that form the building blocks of our emotions. Templates that we build in our past.<\/p>\n Once the incoming information <\/span><\/span>is connected<\/span><\/span> to our \u2018relationship\u2019 template our brain will start to make predictions<\/span><\/span>. <\/span>In the example of \u2018the loud music\u2019 and \u2018the worry about the neighbours\u2019 the unconscious predictions could be something like: \u2018O there <\/span>she<\/em> goes again, only interested in others and not in me\u2019<\/span><\/span>. And \u2018o there <\/span>he <\/em>goes again only interested in himself and not in what I or others find important\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n Now you must realise that these predictions<\/a> are operating unconsciously for both partners. But what they feel is something like rejection. It is also important to realise that for our brain the prediction is true. This means that your brain will respond to this prediction \u2018as if it were true\u2019. And so two partners create a group mind. A\u00a0collective of thoughts and feelings that is perfectly interconnected in the most dramatic way.<\/p>\n And this group mind consists of some very specific material. It is the collective mind that consist of the worst of both family systems of origin. Both partners must have some unconscious template where they felt rejected themselves. Or learned that in intimate relationship you will be rejected from how their parents organised their relationship. Whatever the exact cause, it is the \u2018relationship concept\u2019 that both partners carry with them that, they predict will be present, within their current relationship. And of course, it will. Because for our brains, what we predict is true.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n This starts by recognising that your partner is not the problem. Your partner triggers your own unique concept of what a relationship is. Even, how it should be and what will happen to it. Your partners in a sense has nothing to do with it. It is you that is predicting what you have learned. The big problem? Both partners start doing this and both partners are not responding to \u2018what actually is happening\u2019. They are responding to what they are predicting. Begin solving relationship crisis by understanding the Group Mind!<\/p>\n Start solving your relationship problems by asking yourself: \u2018What am I predicting?\u2019<\/p>\n Once you both start to turn that into a habit, you\u2019ll have a change of making it work. This time on your own terms!\u00a0Go to Relation Emotion Therapy and Coaching<\/a> for the English page about this subject.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Through circumstance solving relationship issues has become part of my mission. It is my believe that this is a crucial element for partners to have a real chance of staying together. Solving the troubling emotions that get into the way of connecting. It is my experience that relationship trouble has deep impact on our personal lives. I am looking for ways to teach and share my knowledge about this important topic. Based on very new neuro-scientific research I developed new material that is proven to be effective.<\/p>\n If you share this passion, please connect<\/a> with me.<\/p>\nFrom love to crisis<\/h4>\n
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You both create a collective mind<\/h4>\n
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