The workshop on healthy relationships helped me assess the quality of the dynamics between myself and those in the past that I have been involved with. The notions discussed of clinginess, possessiveness, and lack of respect for boundaries are all things that I experienced in previous relationships because of my partner and/or because of myself. Calling someone 50 times is excessive, and it’s on the same level as blowing somebody’s phone up almost 50 times due to lack of response. I have been insecure and not respected my partner’s boundaries; although it wasn’t physically hurting my partner the pattern of behavior was setting itself up to be more corrosive as well as consistent with emotional neglect. I see now how I could have made my needs known while also respecting and holding space for my partner’s boundaries and what my partner needed. All in all, it was a great workshop and I’m glad were we able to see the Women’s Resource Center and the Counseling Center do a collab because they killed it!
