Long-distance relationship: 7 important rules

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Forced separation from a person you love triggers longing, anxiety, sadness, confusion, anger, fear, and denial. All these emotions are warranted, they are normal and have the right to exist. You can’t just stop feeling them.

BUT!

You can reduce the intensity of these emotions, stop them from affecting your relationship in a negative way; you can strengthen your union, support yourself and your partner. 

If you follow these tips:

Rule #1: Put your own mask first

In order to maintain a relationship, you need resources and a stable emotional state.

Therefore, it is crucial to take the responsibility for addressing your worries, fears, irritation, anger, doubts and other challenging feelings into your own hands.

Rule #2: Equal investment 

It’s not easier for any of you. Each of you has their own pain, feelings and problems.

It is essential to see them, recognize them, accept them and not devalue them.

Rule #3: Focus on resources

This is your support. You need to direct maximum of your attention to it.

Instead of thinking “things are so bad, we can’t be together” try looking at things with the attitude “we have so much”. And namely you have:

  • – Shared experience;
  • – Shared values;
  • – Joint plans;
  • – Shared jokes;
  • – Shared memories;
  • – Common desires;
  • – Shared activities and interests;
  • – Shared love.

Rule #4: Make rituals

Rituals (regularly repeated actions) are very beneficial for stability, calmness, and keeping a cool head in a stress situation.

Rule #5: Spend time together

Yes, you can have quality-time together even at a distance.

  • – Watch movies together
  • – Listen to audiobooks together
  • – Learn something new
  • – Create something
  • – Cook together (cook the same dish via FaceTime)
  • – Complete a task together
  • – Do quests
  • – Share important discoveries and impressions of the day

Rule #6: Make plans

No matter how complicated the situation is, please keep making plans together.

Rule #7: Professional relationship care

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