When PTSD Makes Healthy Relationships Feel ‘Too Good to Be True’
Navigating healthy relationships are intimidating to me. I have always been on the lookout for red flags, trying to prevent one bad thing after another from occurring, that I didn’t realize there are a such thing as green flags in relationships, too.
Unlike the red flags that point to the possible danger or toxicity in a relationship that have you knowing down deep it’s time to pack up and leave that partner, green flags point to the complete opposite.
They signal that you should, in fact, stay. A healthy, safe, and happy relationship is a great thing, right? But when you have experienced trauma, especially childhood abuse, finding a person who is safe not only for your adult self, but your wounded inner child, too, can prompt a lot of doubts and worries that are unwarranted, but feel very real.
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