Relationship
Some signs your partner might be emotionally unstable
The people who suffer from emotional instability have often undergone some traumatic incident in their lives that caused them to become scarred individuals. Perhaps all of that trauma could have prevented them from developing specific emotional tools that they needed to control their feelings and emotions better.
Often, emotionally unstable people are going to require a strong support group that can help protect them from their own toxic and destructive behaviour. And in more extreme cases, emotionally unstable people will require medication and therapy.
It’s also essential for you to understand that emotionally unstable people aren’t looking to hurt the people around them. It’s just that their natural responses to certain situations can wreak havoc on other people’s lives without them even realising it.
If you happen to know someone who struggles with emotional instability, it’s vital that you stay patient and understanding with them. If possible, be there for them to the best of your abilities. And if necessary, urge them to seek help from a professional.
Below are some of the signs of people suffering from emotional instability:
They have difficulty controlling their anger.
An emotionally unstable individual would be someone who would have difficulty controlling their anger. A lot of the time, emotionally unstable people would be easily set off by many things that happen in life. They don’t exactly have the best temperaments. And so, even the slightest event that isn’t to their liking would be enough to induce some dramatic reaction out of them.
To make matters worse, many people with anger issues have tendencies to be physically violent and potentially dangerous towards the people around them whenever they start to get angry.
They act more impulsively than they do methodically.
Emotionally unstable people often let their feelings and emotions drive their decision-making as opposed to their logic and reason. They are deeply impulsive. And instead of thinking about a choice in a well-rounded manner, they would engage in hasty and swift decision-making that isn’t always going to be of sound rationality.
They have a history of being in an on-again, off-again relationship.
It’s scarce that an emotionally unstable person would be able to keep a romantic relationship alive for too long. Their emotional volatility can lead them to have destructive and toxic tendencies in romantic relationships. A lot of their behavioural traits can be self-destructive. And it’s hard for an intimate connection to survive that kind of emotional turmoil.
That’s why it’s likely that a person with emotional stability would have very little success in their relationship history.
They have the most extreme reactions to simple situations.
And lastly, emotionally unstable people tend to have overblown reactions to even the most straightforward situations. They would be fond of taking the little things and just wholly blowing them out of proportion with how they react to it or how they would handle a situation.
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Parenting teens can be challenging. But it can also be a joy. The key is to know how to care for yourself, first and foremost. Before you have children, you might think that parenting will come naturally. And, to some degree, it does. But there are days (and sometimes months and years) when all parents could use some extra support.
Last week we looked at some four simple yet powerful approaches for parenting teens that build strong relationships for the long-run. Here are the remaining two:
4: Keep communication going
Because we are often busy and distracted, we do not always take the time to really focus on our kids when they’re trying to tell us something. Take advantage of the time you have together. Having dinner together as a family, using car time to talk, or chatting before bed are good ways to stay in daily touch with your teen. Prioritise quality time as well as quantity: Consider having breakfast out on the weekend as a special catch-up time to chat about the week. Or schedule monthly “family meetings” to discuss how things have been going and any conflicts that have arisen.
5. Be an empathetic listener
Listening with empathy and caring is one of the most important tips on parenting a teenager. Researchers have shown that people’s brain patterns synchronise when they listen closely to one another and watch each other’s expressions. As a result, the connection between them becomes stronger. Not feeling truly heard can lead to isolation and lack of self-esteem which are the root causes of anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. Therefore, take listening seriously. It’s not just a way of coping with teenagers; it has an enormous impact on their well-being.
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SHE did not find out he was cheating. She found out he was drowning.
It was two weeks after their beautiful wedding. The jollof was still in the fridge. A loan officer called her number—not his—and politely asked, “Madam, please tell your husband to pay his overdue loan. We have been calling him.”
That was how she discovered her new husband had entered their marriage with a hidden debt of over GH¢40,000. No cheating. No other woman. Just a financial secret.
And that is how many Ghanaian marriages begin to die. Not with a shout, but with a secret alert on a phone.
In my therapy/counselling office in Accra, week after week, I sit with couples whose marriages are not broken by infidelity, but by invoices. If you ask me what is quietly killing Ghanaian marriages today, I will tell you without blinking: it is not that love has died; it is that money honesty never lived.
We prepare for the wedding. We do not prepare for the wallet.
What is money honesty?
Let me define it simply. Money honesty is not that you both earn the same. It is that you both know the same. It is the ability to sit down and say without fear:
“This is how much I earn.”
“This is how much I owe.”
“This is how I was raised to see money.”
“This is what scares me about money.”
Financial transparency is not about control. It is about clarity. You cannot build trust on top of secrets.
Many couples tell me, “Counselor, we love each other, love will handle money.” I always answer, “Love is the car, but money honesty is the fuel. Love without honesty cannot move.”
Why do Ghanaian partners hide money?
From my clinical observation, it is not always wickedness. It is often woundedness.
1. The fear of losing power: Especially for men, money is seen as power. “If she knows how much I have, she will control me or disrespect me.” So he hides.
2. Family entanglement: “If my wife knows I give my mother GH¢1,500 every month, there will be trouble.” So he creates a second MoMo account. Many Ghanaian marriages have three accounts—his, hers, and the secret family one.
3. Past trauma: A woman who grew up in a home where her mother begged for chop money will never be honest about her savings. She is not greedy. She is scared. She is saving for her survival.
4. Debt shame: In Ghana today, with easy access to Qwikloan, Fido, and bank salary loans, many young men and women enter marriage already drowning in debt. They hide it because they feel, “If I tell him/her, they won’t marry me.”
So the hiding begins. And that is where the insurance lapses.
The 3 Devastating Prices You Pay For Financial Secrecy
Research from Kansas State University found that arguments about money are the number one predictor of divorce, more than arguments about children, in-laws, or sex. Why? Because money arguments are never about money. They are about trust, respect, and security.
Price 1: It destroys trust faster than infidelity.
When you discover your spouse has a secret child, you are hurt. When you discover your spouse has a secret debt that loan officers are now chasing YOU for, you feel betrayed and foolish. Clients tell me, “Counselor, I can forgive cheating, but I cannot forgive that he made me look like a fool at the bank.”
Price 2: It creates chronic anxiety in your home.
A home where money is a mystery is a home where no one sleeps well. The wife is always checking his phone not for other women, but for loan alerts. The husband is always anxious when his wife says, “Can we talk?” You cannot have intimacy where there is financial anxiety.
Price 3: It teaches your children to lie.
Children are watching. When daddy says, “Tell anyone who calls that I am not around because of money,” you are teaching your son that lying about money is normal. We are raising a generation of financially dishonest partners.
