"It's complicated", "he/she is like that, it's his nature".
From the conflictual relationship to the toxic couple, there is sometimes only one step.
The harmful duo is characterized by the feeling of living “a relationship in which we do more harm than good to each other”, immediately indicates Camille Rochet (1), psychologist and couple therapist.
From derogatory remarks to private or public humiliation to exacerbated jealousy, several signs are symptomatic of a relationship that is hurting.
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Unlike a conflictual relationship, in which the protagonists are able to distance themselves and gradually move away from each other, the toxic version sees the development in one or the other partners, "the feeling of being locked up with your best enemy, while feeling unable to leave him", explains Camille Rochet.
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