We all have character flaws which get in the way of having healthy, successful relationships with the people we love and with the people we come in contact with on a regular basis. Acknowledging those traits and deciding we want to make a change can be a learning and growing experience. I hope that by thinking about your answer you will learn something useful that you can apply to your relationship skills.
Here's a question I'd like you to consider: What do you consider your worst personality trait and how has it affected your relationships (and perhaps not just love relationships)?
I'll give you a personal example: I have had the tendency to criticize passive aggressively when things displeased me in my relationships. Instead of saying what I needed, I would make backhanded comments which threw people off (and not just in love relationships) and then I would sulk in silence when they didn't change their behavior to suit me.
This got better when I acknowledged it and resolved to change the behavior, but if I had never addressed it, I'd still be stuck. People believe that we cannot change our personalities, but we can if we choose to. I believe I'm a much nicer person than I was in my 20's and after my "attitude-change" operation!
Please share your thoughts with me about this subject. I'd love to hear them, Michelle
Michelle E. Vásquez, MS, LPC
Your Successful Singles Love Coach
http://www.trueloveafter40.com
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