Maintaining relationships is always challenging. The struggle is more when the person is an adolescent or teenager. This does not need to be mentioned that like any other relationship keeping an intimate relationship is also stressful. Here we want to emphasize the relationship turmoil which are often faced by adolescents. Adolescence is the age of storm due to its several physical and psychological changes. Thus, when an adolescent starts their intimate relationship journey, he/she often finds it more conflicting and upheaval.
The issues that are mostly faced by adolescents in an intimate relationship are-
- Adolescent couples often feel distrust toward each other
- Face difficulties in regulating emotions
- Being over-reactive behavior
- Faulty communication pattern
- Easily draw conclusion
- Over- dependent on the partner
There are also many benefits of healthy relationships at this stage of life, such as Increased interpersonal skills, social skills, keeping commitment, etc. Like other Asian cultures, adolescents in Bangladesh face few parental restrictions due to its conservative outlook which often being suffocating for the couple. However, the issue that mostly impacts the adolescent couple is the inability to control oneself after the breakup. It is often found that the emotional suffering after a breakup couldn’t endured by the young lover and some attempted self-harm as well as suicide.
Generally, people who commit or attempt suicide are those who can’t regulate their emotions. This emotion regulation is such a skill that is needed to learn and excel by every adolescent. Thus, it is said that if we can’t love ourselves, we won’t be able to love and give comfort to others whether in intimate or interpersonal relationships.
