WELLNESS |
Navigating Relationships
In this month of love, we talk about the confession of love but we often seem to ignore the small cracks in our relationships. We seem to dismiss all the warning signs in a relationship until it leads to heartbreak. In this interesting conversation with Dr Zainab Saleem Naikoo, we discuss some important factors surrounding relationships. Dr Zainab Saleem Naikoo is a Clinical and Counselling Psychologist and she specialises in Marital and Couple Counseling. She has many research papers published as well, Rise of Divorce In Sunni community (2019), PCOD and Self-esteem issues (2020), Covid anxiety in Students (2020) and Infidelity in Relationship (2021). She is the Head of the Dept, Dept Of Psychology at St.Ann's College for Women, Hyderabad. She also works as a Clinical Psychologist at Lifeline Hospital. Why is intimacy important and what role does it play in a couple’s relationship? Intimacy is a feeling that one has when they trust and love someone like no other. It is the ability to let someone in through kissing, holding hands, cuddling, and skin-to-skin touching. Intimacy helps couples to cultivate the habit of closeness. Emotional intimacy can be one of the most important factors of a relationship. A big part of intimacy is sharing your thoughts, feelings and listening to your partner. Intimacy is important in a relationship because it brings couples close and their bond grows stronger it brings a sense of security in the relationship and sexual desires are also fulfilled. Why do couples over the years tend to lose intimacy? Intimacy plays a major role in the smooth sailing of a relationship but in certain situations, this can be affected by lack of communication, stress, arguments, sudden anger outburst, not paying attention to your partner's needs, If there is no physical attraction etc.
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